Amal

Amal is a DJ in Washington, D.C., who grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland. “At first, I was kinda like bummed out. I mean like every other musician just kinda saw their gigs just kinda drop like flies. Like within – I kid you not- within 72 hours my gigs from now until September had…

Andrea

Andrea is a high school art teacher and senior advisor. “I don’t always hear from these kids. And it’s scary. It is very scary, even their artwork. I can’t display all the artwork that they’re doing right now on this website I’m doing because a lot of it is starting to get really dark.” Interview…

Mike

Mike is a professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a screenplay writer for TV and movies. “If the world wants to get better, it has to have better education, for a lot more people. We have generations to get done.” Interview highlights: “If the world wants to get better, it…

Katy

Katy is a frontline workers (music teacher) who lives in Riverdale, Maryland. She is thirty-five years old. “I don’t feel like a hero. I wanted to quit because I don’t have childcare, but we needed the paycheck. It’s been frustrating that my role has completely shifted, but that I’m still attempting to teach.” We are…

Julianna

Julianna is a college student studying vocal performance to become a professional opera singer. “I used to feel really guilty about wanting to be a musician…But during this time, so many people have music, TV shows, listening, like, making their own music as a form of comfort, and that sounds corny, but I think there,…

Alexa

Alexa* is an English and International Baccalaureate Program Theatre teacher at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland. “Before all of this started, my wife and I had been trying to have a third baby… she is newly pregnant in the midst of all of this and having to go in for weekly appointments for…