Long Island college students head to Puerto Rico to help rebuild
Key Takeaways
- Via Newsday Nearly 50 Long Island college students will spend part of their summer break in Puerto Rico, rebuilding the communities devastated by Hurricane Maria last September.
- Maryah Desir, a Nassau Community College student studying adolescent education, is one of the 46 students from the five SUNY schools on Long Island heading there to help.
Via Newsday
Nearly 50 Long Island college students will spend part of their summer break in Puerto Rico, rebuilding the communities devastated by Hurricane Maria last September.
Maryah Desir, a Nassau Community College student studying adolescent education, is one of the 46 students from the five SUNY schools on Long Island heading there to help. She leaves next week.
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