span crew prior to departure
Natalie Carlson (Political Science/Junior) – Homelessness in Puerto Rico compared to state housing programs in Cuba.
Daisy Hidalgo (Political Science/Junior) – The roles of women in political resistance movements and Cuba’s revolutionary war.
Nicholas Jensen (History/Senior) – The roles and effects of the U.S. Navy bases in Puerto Rico and Cuba.
Lee Anne Mills (Art History/Senior) – Health tourism, the internationalization of Cuban healthcare, and the roles of Cuban doctors abroad.
Emily Myers (Anthropology/Senior) – The practice of Santeria religion and how it can heal social and racial injustices by honoring African heritage.
Lena Pransky (Macalester College/Latin American Studies/Junior) – The effects of the Green Revolution and the differing results of use, or lack of, genetically modified seeds in Puerto Rico’s and Cuba’s agriculture.
Moses Wallace (History/Senior) – The influences of Cuba’s military intervention in Angola and the anti-apartheid movements in South Africa.
Ava Wichmann (Global Studies/Senior) – The shared spaces of mysticism, alternative medicine, and western practices in healing and public health.