I'm a writer and photojournalist from Caguas, Puerto Rico. My work primarily focuses on climate, conflict, and the intersection between the two. I've also occasionally written about video games and comic books. I currently work as a podcast producer and editor for the Puerto Rican mental health magazine Es Mental.

I previously worked as the first Caribbean Correspondent for Latino Rebels, where I wrote articles, published video reports, and was an occasional guest on the weekly Latino Rebels Radio. I also worked as a Freelance Features Writer for Comic Book Resources. In 2022, I was a fellow in Climate Tracker's Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship.

My reporting has appeared in Latino Rebels, New Internationalist, and Copwatch Media, as well as several local Puerto Rican outlets. My pictures and videos have been licensed by and appeared in Bad Bunny's "El Apagón / Aqui Vive Gente" documentary, Center for Puerto Rican Studies' "Privatized Resilience" documentary, NBC News, Telemundo, Latino Rebels, The Intercept, Truthout, Gizmodo, and 9 Millones.

My reportage about Puerto Rico's environmental protests was heavily cited in the 2023 book "Environmental Justice in North America." My work on the Dominican Republic's spiking anti-Haitian sentiment and Puerto Rico's worsening electrical system and environmental protest camps has been cited in letters by the United States Congress.

You can contact me at carlosBP @ protonmail dot com. I'm @vaquero2XL on Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky.