My name is Kathryn Schneider. I am a junior at Virginia Tech, where I major in Multimedia Journalism and minor in Popular Culture and Creative Writing. I created this website for a class called International Communication. I chose Puerto Rico for a few different reasons.
The first is that I took Spanish for ten years of my life, although I am out of practice. I had previously studied Puerto Rico way back in middle school and wanted to brush up on my knowledge.
The second reason was because I am interested in the politics of Puerto Rico. I have followed whether it will become full-fledged state in the USA for years now. I have no opinion on if it should join the Union or remain a commonwealth as a territory of the United States, but if Puerto Ricans officially decide to join, it would mark the first new state added to America since 1959.
The third reason is more personal and most likely the largest reason. My family likes to adopt rescue dogs, and just a couple months ago, we adopted our third dog, Cassie. She is from Puerto Rico, and is a Caribbean Potcake dog. When we received the list with countries we could choose from, I picked Puerto Rico, thinking of Cassie.
The first is that I took Spanish for ten years of my life, although I am out of practice. I had previously studied Puerto Rico way back in middle school and wanted to brush up on my knowledge.
The second reason was because I am interested in the politics of Puerto Rico. I have followed whether it will become full-fledged state in the USA for years now. I have no opinion on if it should join the Union or remain a commonwealth as a territory of the United States, but if Puerto Ricans officially decide to join, it would mark the first new state added to America since 1959.
The third reason is more personal and most likely the largest reason. My family likes to adopt rescue dogs, and just a couple months ago, we adopted our third dog, Cassie. She is from Puerto Rico, and is a Caribbean Potcake dog. When we received the list with countries we could choose from, I picked Puerto Rico, thinking of Cassie.