Jacksonville woman who witnessed the catastrophic devastation that category five Hurricane Maria caused in Puerto Rico shares the effect Hurricane Fiona had on her family back home.

Viva La Fiesta is this Saturday and Sunday at James Weldon Johnson Park.

In Duval County, members of the Hispanic community say they saw more campaigns targeting their votes this year. “Most politicians, the wise politicians, at some point or another have addressed the Hispanic community,” said Hispanic voter Carlos Bouvier. Out of 37,496 Hispanics registered to vote in Duval County, 9,289 are Republicans, 14,597 are Democrats and 13,004 have no party affiliation. “I come from an island where we have a big government with high taxes," said Hispanic voter Emilio Ruiz. Hispanic voters say also in their minds while voting were responses to disaster relief and passing the minimum wage.

Here to spread awareness about the deadly disease is Shaunee Jones and Yanira Cardona. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.