Pack for a Purpose is a nonprofit organization that enables travelers to take school, medical and other supplies directly to Cuba and other communities around the globe.
Author - Kate Oberdorfer
Kate Oberdorfer is a writer from Tampa, Florida. She studied English and music at Mount Holyoke College, and spent a semester in Havana in 2007. She has returned to the island almost every year since then. Kate wrote her master’s thesis on the Cubans of Union City, New Jersey at the Columbia Journalism School. She is currently finishing her first book in Bethany Beach, DE. Kate loves to cook, sing, and dance and is a diehard Washington Capitals fan.
Hector Aguilar arrived from Cuba with just two pairs of underwear, only to eventually become a radio personality and the voice of Café Bustelo.
It is the best book on Cuba that I’ve ever read - void of political heat, the pick this side or that side adventure narrative.
Startup Cuba writer Kate Oberdorfer explores the traditional Cuban neighborhood and introduces us to two of her new favorite restaurants.
Jose Marti frequently stayed in Ybor City's Pedrosa house on the corner of 8th and 13th streets and delivered multiple speeches.
Race, as we think about it in the United States, as we check it like the box that it is on job applications, on college applications, at the doctor’s office, does not...
The Candela book club facilitates a safe place for people to share their experiences and learn from the experiences of others.
Long before the first Covid cases were reported in Cuba, the Cuban government was working closely with scientists, experts, and doctors to prepare for the worst.
The winner of the Grand Prize World Documentary at Sundance, Epicentro is a whirlwind through Cuban history in the eyes of a young protagonist.
Ruth Behar’s new middle-grade gem, Letters From Cuba, is set in the Cuba of the late 1930s and thus predates all the Revolutionary reasons why our Cubans come and go.
Could it be that what we Cuba aficionados admire most about our beloved Cubans is what ultimately keeps them stuck?
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