Tennis star Monica Puig, said that though Puerto Rico is a part of America, she will always consider herself to be Puerto Rican first and American second and that she will do everything she can to get back her hometown to normalcy. Hurricane Maria devastated the island more than a month ago. Puig, who became the first Puerto Rican ever to win a gold medal at the Olympic games, has already raised more than $150,000 as a part of the YouCaring campaign. "Right now our priority is to make sure that the Puerto Rican people feel like somebody has their backs, and in this moment they can count on me.

Monica Puig