by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Aug 1, 2018 | News
Blue tarps still dot rooftops, homes lack electricity needed to refrigerate medicines, and clinics chip away at debts incurred from running generators. Yet despite these residual effects from last year’s devastating hurricanes, Puerto Rico is moving ahead with...
by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Jan 10, 2018 | Blog
VA.GOV Blog – Dr. Johanna S. Rivera Anazagasty, who currently works as a behavioral health clinical pharmacist at VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, is one of many VA employees who continue Dr. King’s legacy of helping others. However, it is her...
by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Nov 9, 2017 | Blog
After Hurricane Harvey flooded her city of Houston in August, Dr. Jennifer McQuade planned to donate socks to those affected. Instead, surprised by the lack of medical care at a nearby shelter, McQuade, an oncologist, became the unofficial leader of a group of...
by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Nov 8, 2017 | News
After Hurricane Harvey flooded her city of Houston in August, Jennifer McQuade planned to donate socks. Instead, surprised by the lack of medical care at a nearby shelter, McQuade, an oncologist, became the unofficial leader of a group of physicians and mothers...
by Puerto Rico Rise Up | Oct 27, 2017 | News
Hurrican Marie blew up the roof at La Milagrosa home in Arecibo, which cares for girls victims of negligence and mistreatment, for which her 14 female residents had to be housed in one of the institution’s halls. “The home was greatly affected. There are...