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Carmen Yulín Cruz: Changing the World One Community at a Time

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When Hurricane Maria devastated San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2017, Carmen Yulín Cruz was on the front lines as the island’s 3.2 million residents responded to the devastation which rippled beyond physical destruction to financial, political and humanitarian suffering.Cruz, who was mayor of San Juan for eight years, now works with universities and nongovernmental organizations…