Canito Marerro, coach and owner of the Boxing Club of Monte Hatillo, rides a lost bicycle around the parking lot of the gym on Dec. 22, 2017. Marerro is from the Berwind apartment complex and is well-respected in both areas. The gym represents a neutral zone between Monte Hatillo and Berwind neighborhoods where children can train without the threat of violence or crime.
Luis Hererra 12, (center) practices his boxing technique with other athletes from the boxing gym of Monte Hatillo in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Jan. 3, 2018.
Johniel Villanueva, 16, poses for a portrait in front of the boxing gym of Monte Hatillo in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Dec. 31, 2017.
Luery Arias, 16, poses for a portrait in front of the boxing gym of Monte Hatillo in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Dec. 31, 2017.
A young boy with a toy gun watches a boxing match at the Boxing Club at Monte Hatillo on Jan. 4th, 2018.
Two men from the neighborhood of Monte Hatillo prepare a rooster for cockfighting practice next to an abandoned building on Dec. 28th, 2018.
Cockfighting sparring practice in Monte Hatillo in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Dec. 28, 2017. Cockfighting in Monte Hatillo is a popular pastime. Residents keep the animals in cages covered in blue tarps which house around 20-25 roosters. The cages are kept next to a two-story abandoned building that is slated to be the next boxing gym.
A group of children plays on railings between high-rises at the Berwind apartment complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Jan. 2, 2018. Berwind is made of two-15 story high rises. Elevators in both buildings have not worked since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 22, 2017.
Gael Diaz, 12, walks through the hallways of the Berwind apartment complex high rises on Jan. 2, 2017. In the 1990's a gang war between G-27 in Berwind and Los Nietas in Monte Hatillo started a wave of drug use and violence in the area.
A group of chickens in La Perla, San Juan on Dec. 21, 2017. La Perla is a small shanty town on the ocean side of El Castillo de San Felipe del Morro in Puerto Rico. Historically a hub for jobs like slaughterhouses, La Perla was hit hard by Hurricane Maria, leaving two of the three streets destroyed and families to pick up the pieces more than three months after the storm.
Korean War Veteran Angel Segarra (Left) unwraps an old war poster he was given shortly after returning to the United States. Segarra is a member of the 65th Infantry Battalion also known as the "Borinqueneers" for their exclusively Puerto Rican members. The Korean War was the last war to have completely segregated units. After the war, the 65th was subject to court-martial for refusing to hold Hill 391, seen as a suicide mission. The commanding officers forced the men to shave their mustaches and wear signs on the uniforms saying "I am a coward". In the years after the war, 162 Puerto Ricans were arrested and 91 were found guilty and sentenced to one to 18 years in prison.
“Ruler of the 180th Meridian” certificate given to Korean War Veteran Angel Segarra. Segarra is a member of the 65th Infantry Battalion also known as the "Borinqueneers" for their exclusively Puerto Rican members
Vietnam Veteran Julio Martinez helps another member of the group wire up a generator for the annual Vietnam Veterans Association of Puerto Rico Christmas Party in Caguas, Puerto Rico on Dec. 30, 2017. The meetings are held in a two-story abandoned schoolhouse given to the association by the mayor of Caguas several years ago. The group uses brotherhood, food, and music to escape the struggles they face since leaving the service such as PTSD, and rebuilding a sense of normalcy in Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Vietnam Veteran Julio Martinez, (center), takes video of a rental Santa Claus during entertaining the guests during the annual Vietnam Veterans Association of Puerto Rico Christmas Party in Caguas, Puerto Rico on Dec. 30, 2017.
The home of Vietnam Veteran Julio Martinez in the rural countryside in Caguas, Puerto Rico on Jan. 1, 2018. Martinez and his wife still struggle with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria since the storm made landfall on Sept. 22, 2017.
Vietnam Veteran Julio Martinez struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria since the storm made landfall on Sept. 22, 2017. More than three months after the storm. Martinez and his wife turn on a generator a few hours a day to complete daily tasks like charging cell phones and watching the local news.