Gabriella N. Báez

Visual Artist, Documentary Storyteller, and Diarist

www.gabriellanbaez.com

National Geographic: Hurricane María 5th Anniversary

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Location: between New Haven, CT & San Juan, Puerto Rico

Nationality: Puerto Rican

Biography: Based between New Haven, CT & San Juan, Puerto Rico Gabriella (they/them) is a queer visual artist, documentary storyteller, and diarist based between New Haven, CT and San Juan, Puerto Rico. They focus on documenting intimate subjects:... MORE

National Geographic: Hurricane María 5th Anniversary

Valeria S. Fernández...anturce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Valeria S. Fernández González lposes for a portrait in her home in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Valeria S. Fernández González looks at her family’s photo albums in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A photo album with images of Va...anturce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A photo album with images of Valeria S. Fernández González’s late grandfather and father she keeps in her home in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Carmen Yolanda Medina and her g... beach in Isabela, Puerto Rico.

Carmen Yolanda Medina and her grandson, Rodrigo Robles, look at urchins at the beach in Isabela, Puerto Rico.

Rodrigo Robles, Carmen Yolanda ...ayamón, Puerto Rico.

Rodrigo Robles, Carmen Yolanda Medina, and Andrea Robles in Carmen’s home in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

The bongos of the late Ariel Ro...ayamón, Puerto Rico.

The bongos of the late Ariel Robles that his widow, Carmen Yolanda Medina, keeps in her home in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

Photographs of Rosa Correa&...r home in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

Photographs of Rosa Correa’s late mother and father in her home in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

Rosa Correa sits in her porch in La Hueca, Vieques, Puerto Rico.

The engagement rings of Rosa Co...father in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

The engagement rings of Rosa Correa’s late mother and father in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

Paola Hernández and ...anturce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Paola Hernández and her daughter Cielo Varona Hernández read in their home in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Photos hang in the home of Paol...anturce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Photos hang in the home of Paola Hernández in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Paola Hernández in h...anturce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Paola Hernández in her home in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A small puzzle piece of Paola H...anturce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A small puzzle piece of Paola Hernández’s grandmother that Paola keeps in her memory in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Felisha Roman floats at Jobos Beach in Isabela, Puerto Rico.

María de Lourdes Mu&...home in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

María de Lourdes Muñiz Mercado prepares to leave to church with her father Aureliz Muñiz Cabrera in their home in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

A photograph of the late Jos&am...lisha Roman keep in his memory.

A photograph of the late José Luis Román Meléndez, an item María de Lourdes Muñiz Mercado and Felisha Roman keep in his memory.

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Thumbnail of A small puzzle piece of Paola He_Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Thumbnail of Felisha Roman floats at Jobos Beach in Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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National Geographic: Hurricane María 5th Anniversary

Copyright Gabriella N. Báez 2024

Updated Oct 2022

Location San Juan, Puerto Rico

Topics Media

‘Like a dystopian novel’: Puerto Rico still mourns, five years after María

For many Puerto Ricans, “time stood still” after the deadly storm, which was followed by a series of other misfortunes.

Assignment for National Geographic.