For the personal is political blog I could talk about how immigration and how thanks to immigration policies in the early 1980s my dad’s family was allowed into the U.S. after leaving their home country of El Salvador and allowed to start a life in Puerto Rico. Other topics of interest could be how I volunteered in a warehouse as a school requirement and I helped to pack and sort boxes full of meal packs that would go to those in need in third world countries such as Peru and Haiti.

For the Civil Issues blog I want to talk about an issue that does not seem to be an issue in most other countries, public transportation. If the United States really took their time in crafting a reliable, high-speed, affordable railroad accessible to all everyone would benefit. Many other first world countries around the world have a good amount of high speed passenger trains, for example countries such as France and Spain have high speed rail that takes passenger from one side of the country to the other in hours. I think that another interesting topic for my civic issues blog could be how the U.S. as a culture rarely eats fruits and vegetables. There are many other countries in the world where fruits and vegetables are just part of the culture and not something extra that one eats to stay healthy.