{"id":18038,"date":"2025-07-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fcpr.org\/?p=18038"},"modified":"2025-07-30T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:36:34","slug":"transformando-a-puerto-rico-desde-el-corazon-de-sus-comunidades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcpr.org\/en\/transformando-a-puerto-rico-desde-el-corazon-de-sus-comunidades\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Puerto Rico from the heart of its communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-ambos-participaron-en-la-certificacion-profesional-para-la-reconstruccion-multisectorial-de-puerto-rico-ofrecida-por-la-fundacion-comunitaria-de-puerto-rico-y-son-ejemplo-del-poder-del-conocimiento-al-servicio-del-bien-comun\"><em>Both participated in the Professional Certification for the Multisectoral Reconstruction of Puerto Rico, offered by the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and are examples of the power of knowledge in the service of the common good.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.fcpr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TESTIMONIOS-Jeffrey-Rivera.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.fcpr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TESTIMONIOS-Wanda-Escalera.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>From the Residencial Luis Llorens Torres in San Juan to the town of Carolina, education and job training have become tools for social transformation thanks to leaders like Jeffrey Rivera Sanabria and Wanda Escalera. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Both participated in the Professional Certification for the Multisectoral Reconstruction of Puerto Rico, offered by the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and are examples of the power of knowledge in the service of the common good.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Rivera Sanabria, community leader, completed the Community Advocacy course, where he acquired tools to advocate for the welfare of his community. Thanks to that training, he presented a bill in the House of Representatives that was accepted, approved by the House and Senate, and now awaits the governor's signature to become law. Her story is testimony to the real impact that citizens can have on legislative and social transformation.<\/p>\n<p>For her part, Wanda Escalera, a native of Carolina, excelled in the Federal Grants Administration and Management course, where she found an opportunity to develop and contribute. For Escalera, this certification not only gave her tools, but also a purpose: to help others and rebuild the country from knowledge and heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Both stories remind us that there is no age to learn, nor limits to generate change. With commitment, preparation and action, it is possible to transform communities and rebuild Puerto Rico from its roots.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambos participaron en la Certificaci\u00f3n Profesional para la Reconstrucci\u00f3n Multisectorial de Puerto Rico, ofrecida por la Fundaci\u00f3n Comunitaria de Puerto Rico, y son ejemplo del poder del conocimiento al servicio del bien com\u00fan. 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