Now, a special collaboration between Connecticut Public and GFR Media in Puerto Rico is underway, to tell stories that connect the Puerto Rican diaspora in Connecticut and the island. “Puerto Ricans here are more Puerto Rican than Puerto Ricans on the island,” she said. Tyler Russell / Connecticut Public El Nuevo Día reporter Itzel Rivera in Hartford for the 2025 Puerto Rico Day Parade. “I just feel like Puerto Ricans on the island live, including myself … in a bubble. Rivera said she is most excited to tell the story of a Puerto Rican family grocery shopping in our modern, expensive times.