As Puerto Rico continues to rebuild after hurricanes, tropical storms, and earthquakes, Professor Ramón Borges-Méndez is tapping into his decades of economic development experience to help a coffee-growing community become more resilient against future disasters.

Last spring, Borges-Méndez, co-founder of Fundación Bucarabón, a nonprofit organization supporting community economic empowerment initiatives in the town of Maricao, traveled to the island with a group of students to assist with the ongoing restoration of food systems.

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