Valeria Morales-Soto
Valeria Morales is Reasons to be Cheerful’s summer 2024 editorial intern. She is a journalist from Puerto Rico, currently attending the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in New York with a focus on the Latinx community.
Climate + Environment
Could Permeable Pavement Ease Flooding Woes in New York City?
It can’t help cities control the weather, but by slowing the flow of stormwater, permeable pavement can lessen flooding from big storms.
Climate + Environment
How Four Cities Are Cooling Down Creatively
Cities around the world are trying everything from reflective paint to underground water channels to manage the hotter days ahead.