John James profiles Puerto Rico-born New Yorker Luis Miranda, a political player with a son named Lin-Manuel
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After an introduction that witnesses a protest at the University of Puerto Rico, where some object to the way Broadway glitz and humanitarian needs intersect , Luis Miranda recalls his own time at that university in the Seventies, when he says he was always protesting something or other. Having grown up in a "known family" in his small town, Miranda had a scholarly bent, and intended to study law before he stumbled across an NYU program encouraging Puerto Ricans to move to New York.
Miranda went on to help found the Hispanic Federation; Nydia Velazquez, who represents New York's 7th District in Congress and is also from Puerto Rico, says his work there was crucial in establishing how important it was for politicians to court Latino voters. Soon he was working on campaigns for Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton.
We jump ahead to September of 2017, when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. From this point, James splits focus between two obviously related subjects: Miranda's family life and his efforts to use his son's musical for disaster relief.
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