Tito Kayak

Who is Tito Kayak?

Alberto de Jesús Mercado, better known as Tito Kayak, is an activist from Jayuya, Puerto Rico, and founder of the Puerto Rican environmental group, Amig@s Del Mar. The organization utilizes a dual approach, which they call "manatiburón", which Kayak describes as a combination of "peaceful and simple ways to fulfill our environmental ideals", and the more “revolutionary approach", which is "only used when we are prohibited from working peacefully towards our goals of improving the environment."