TRAVEL Visiting family in Rincon, Puerto Rico, a thriving resort town with a chill, surfer vibe By Beth Jones Globe correspondent,Updated March 17, 2022, 10:00 p.m.

Puerto Rico’s cost of living has soared in recent years, largely as the result of non-natives snatching up low-cost real estate in the wake of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.

Rivera Lassén, the Puerto Rico honoree for USA TODAY's Women of the Year, reflects on the experiences that brought her to where she is now, and the work that still needs to be done so that the ...