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I volunteer, I write, we organize.The order varies.

Community organizing, liveable wages, political education. I build software to make the data behind these issues legible to the people it affects. I clock in, not just log on.

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P.C. 1115
Active alert

P.C. 1115

The bill that would eliminate the Minimum Wage Evaluation Commission and return control over the minimum wage to the Legislature.

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Código de Planificación y Permisos
In public hearings

Código de Planificación y Permisos

The 819-page bill that would shift permit decisions to developer-paid self-certification, narrow who can object, and put a 10% bond on challenging a project.

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Ordenanza Núm. 55 (El Escambrón)
Municipal alert

Ordenanza Núm. 55 (El Escambrón)

The San Juan ordinance that would hand part of El Escambrón to a private parking company for up to 90 years, with no public bidding.

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Get involved

Get involved in Puerto Rican politics.

I'm a member of La JOTA, where I serve as Lead Coordinator of the Education and Political Formation Committee. La JOTA is where political consciousness meets organized action for progressive youth: we educate, we form, we mobilize. If you're looking to get involved in Puerto Rican politics and you're serious about it, this is where I'd point you.

Fair warning: we operate primarily in Spanish, but that doesn't mean we won't help you get involved.

Organizations to support
Calle Loíza · San Juan

Sala de Lectura

A free public library in Santurce; anyone can borrow books at no cost. I volunteer here because access to knowledge shouldn't depend on what you can afford.

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Machuchal · Santurce

Taller Comunidad La Goyco

A community space rooted in the historical and cultural richness of Loíza Street; a reminder that our neighborhoods have always known how to take care of each other.

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I study politics and have experience in public policy, but that does not make me a primary source. This page is my blog: personal projects, my own opinions and analysis, and campaigns I bring awareness to. I do the writing and the reviewing here myself. The only “review” it gets is light: informal commentary from collaborating organizations I'm networked with who keep an eye on the page. That is not formal peer review, and it is not any kind of official or reliable auditing. So you must not cite me. You must go to a primary source.

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