“I Want to Do Well Here”

How small business owners in food and sustainable fashion are making it work in Puerto Rico.

While we were putting together the final cut of these interviews with small business owners in Puerto Rico, it started to rain. The lights flickered, and the water went out. One block in Old San Juan, at least, lost power.

As a household, this is an annoyance: no washing our faces before bed; the sink filled with the dishes of dinner, unable to be cleane…