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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Los representantes Christopher Rosario y Aundré Bumgardner, ambos de familias puertorriqueñas, dicen que es necesaria una reforma de la ley marítima de 100 años. -
La economía fue un tema principal en la cumbre anual Puerto Ricans in CT, celebrada en el Capitolio Estatal de Connecticut. La misma se dio justo después de que se publicara la noticia de la suspensión por 60 días de la controvertida Ley Jones. -
Reps. Christopher Rosario and Aundré Bumgardner, both from Puerto Rican families, say the 100-year-old maritime law needs reform.
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The economy was a major focus of the annual Puerto Ricans in CT summit at the Connecticut State Capitol. It came just after news broke about the controversial Jones Act being waived for 60 days.
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La cumbre de dos días reunirá a líderes comunitarios, académicos y funcionarios electos para delinear una agenda económica colectiva para Puerto Rico y debatir las políticas que más afectan a los boricuas en Connecticut. -
Respira Counseling and Wellness, con sede en Rocky Hill, ofreció pilates, plantas y tablas de charcutería personales en su retiro para mujeres en Hartford. -
The two-day summit will bring together community leaders, academics and elected officials to outline a collective economic agenda for Puerto Rico and discuss policies most impacting Boricuas in Connecticut.
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Rocky Hill-based Respira Counseling and Wellness offered pilates, plants and personal charcuterie boards at its women’s retreat in Hartford.
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The Puerto Rican coffee business owner from Hartford runs Hasta Luego Friend out of a vintage trailer and founded a queer collective at bars around town. -
La empresaria puertorriqueña de Hartford opera su negocio de café Hasta Luego Friend en un tráiler clásico y fundó un colectivo queer en varios bares de la ciudad.
