Maryland

Gallery: Marylanders pitch in to aid Puerto Rico

ROCKVILLE, Maryland — Organizers of the Dynamite Gymnastics Center site created signs for volunteers to take pictures with in order to spread awareness on social media of the need for more aid to Puerto Rico on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. (Photo by Helen Parshall / Capital News Service)

Helen Parshall

Helen Parshall is a reporter in the Capital News Service Washington Bureau. She is a master's student on the multiplatform path, and graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland with a B.A. in English and a concentration in Latin American studies in 2014. Helen also writes for the Washington Blade, an LGBTQ news organization.