Rachel Iacovone
Puerto Rican Communities ReporterRachel Iacovone (ee-AH-koh-VOAN-ay) is a proud puertorriqueña, who joined Connecticut Public to report on her community in the Constitution State. Her work is in collaboration with Somos CT, a Connecticut Public initiative to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities, and with GFR in Puerto Rico.
A Florida native, Rachel began her public radio career covering politics in the fraught state — from Gov. Ron DeSantis' first gubernatorial run to labor rights issues in the farmworking town, Immokalee, for WGCU Public Media. She then headed to Tennessee in 2019, as first a host and later editor and director at Nashville Public Radio, where she spent six years covering everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to racial justice protests in a city that once hosted some of the first lunch counter sit-ins to deadly tornadoes, the Christmas Day bombing and the Covenant School shooting.
Before all that, she was a food writer in college and never really left that lens behind. She's excited to eat her way through the Connecticut food scene, so please, send recs (and serious story pitches) to her anytime here: riacovone@ctpublic.org.
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Maria Reina de la Paz Parish — or Mary Queen of Peace — is a Jubilee 2025 pilgrimage site in the Archdiocese of Hartford. -
El noveno festival anual de Puerto Ricans United (PRU) en New Haven destaca que los vendedores no se dedican únicamente a vender banderas y camisetas. También es una feria de empleo.
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Puerto Rican organizations and individuals are deciding what role to play as Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the state increase. -
Puerto Ricans United’s ninth annual fest boasts a job fair along with the live music, food and merchandise vendors.
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Un estudiante de tercer año de Wilbur Cross High School fue detenido recientemente por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) mientras trabajaba en un lavado de autos en New Haven. Esdras R. tocaba en la orquesta y defendía la atención médica para todos, sin importar su estatus migratorio. -
A rising junior at Wilbur Cross High School was recently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement while working at a car wash in New Haven. Esdras R. played in the orchestra, and he advocated for health care for all, regardless of immigration status.
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El 14º Festival Anual de Salsa y Jazz de Ramón Santiago continúa con un cartel de nombres reconocidos y locales del género. -
Los pasantes de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y Oportunidades eligieron inmigración, desplazamiento y justicia como tema de este año dado el aumento de las detenciones de ICE en el estado. -
Interns at the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities chose immigration, displacement and justice as this year’s theme given the rise in ICE detainments in the state.
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The 14th annual Ramon Santiago’s Salsa Meets Jazz Festival continues with a lineup of both large and local names in the genre.
