Feature Stories

Angelika Ytuarte documents the sounds of her mother’s morning routine that starts with three anxious dogs and ends with coffee.

Aliyah Anderson and her high school best friend, Cora Night-Hamm, live across the country from one another now that they’re adults, but a song reminds them that their bond is everlasting.

Art student Isabel Cooling sits down with Harmony Henderson to discuss a song that reminds them of falling in love for the first time.

Kailey Schoenherr, 23, explains how a song by her favorite artist, Mac Miller, relates to her mindset and relationship with her mother.

Cheyenne Lantz graduated from high school in the spring of 2022. She reminisces about her favorite part of her high school career: performing in musicals.

Eugenio Calderon studied abroad in Italy and plays a special song when he wants to feel connected to the people he met and the memories he made during his exchange.

Maria Gonzalez-Edwards, 60, is a member of the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood. She was raised in Milwaukee, but her family is from the central mountainous region of Puerto Rico.     Maria’s parents came from Utuado, almost directly in the center of the island. Maria said it is more “campo,” meaning countryside.  […]

Two sisters of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Francisca Colon and Ana Martinez, have many memories of the Puerto Rican community in Milwaukee. St. Francis, a Roman Catholic Church, is home to many Puerto Ricans in the Milwaukee area. The large, inclusive church welcomes all to Mass every Sunday, but for community members who only […]

Milwaukee – Alberto Maldonado is a man who is proud of his culture and connects Milwaukee with Puerto Rico.   His dad was a coffee grower in Puerto Rico and came to the States in 1966 when there were added job opportunities. He got married in Milwaukee and Maldonado was born there. Maldonado moved between Milwaukee […]

Dozens of pigeons roamed around the Plaza de Colón in Old San Juan. They were not afraid to go up to the tourists that were mingling together enjoying the warm weather. The plaza was mostly filled with locals, and a few sat on a bench smoking a cigarette, which was rare to see on the island.   One man […]

Edrick Pagan-Ruiz runs a mobile jewelry store based in Yauco, in which he and his wife custom make all their jewelry, selling it on the island and shipping it to the States. Luckily, Pagan-Ruiz’s family home suffered minimal damage in the hurricane and was able to get it repaired. He resides higher up in the […]