Region 2 CPO Visits Puerto Rico

Debbie Costa, Region 2’s Community Preparedness Officer, traveled to Puerto Rico earlier this month to meet with partners and advance preparedness initiatives. Along with staff from FEMA’s Puerto Rico Caribbean Area Office (CAO), Debbie met representatives from the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Bureau, Puerto Rico Department of Health, Medical Reserve Corps, Puerto Rico Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, Puerto Rico Seismic Network and Mercy Corps. The new Region 2 Youth Preparedness Council Member, Iván Reyes, was also invited to visit the CAO, where he met FEMA staff and received a tour. Check out pictures from her visit below!

FEMA Regional and CAO staff pose with PREMB staff from left to right, Heleen Bennett, Evelyn Moya, Debbie Costa, Gisela Rosario, Lourdes Cabrera.

Gisela Rosario, PREMB talks about the work she has done since Hurricane Maria in creating 65 Community Hubs throughout the island.

Bijal Patel, Regional Youth Lead poses with YPC member Ivan and his mother on a tour of the CAO in Caguas, PR.

FEMA, Mercy Corps and volunteers pose at the Resilience Hub in Patillas, PR.