Oct 3, 2019
Meet Alex Díaz, this week’s guest on I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. Alex candidly shares his migration story and how after Hurricane María he became concerned about his family’s livelihood if they remained in Puerto Rico: “I’m one of the sons of María. Look, I don’t like to look at the negative part of the story because it has been good for me. I never planned to move out of Puerto Rico. I had a good life in Puerto Rico. Before Hurricane María, I’m a comedian in Puerto Rico so I was an influencer, I did YouTube videos and I was an entrepreneur. I was doing very well. I had been given an offer to come to Tampa, which I refused because I’m like ‘el coquí’, you could never get me out of my island. And then María happened and the Internet was down. After two months of tapping into our savings, I didn’t see any changes. Our happiness went from 10 to negative 12, and we are comedians! We need to be happy to make others happy! So, my wife suggested that we take a break and go to her sister’s house in Altamonte, Florida, for two weeks…and we decided to stay.”