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…

Sandy

Sandy works at the National Organization for Women. “We have been fighting for the rights of, y’know, women and poor families for years and so we’re just … still doing that. Of course, right now it’s so much more important because you have all these people without health care and… paid leave, and so they’re…

Mel

Mel is the founder of Posh Cycling and Fitness, a fitness studio located in College Park, Maryland. She has been a fitness instructor for over a decade, and has dreamed of starting her own chain of fitness studios for years. In 2018, she finally opened her first studio, which has since held hundreds of fitness…

Jo

Jo is a systems engineer that currently works as an instructor for Code in the Schools, a non-profit organization serving the Baltimore City Public Schools System. They are queer, Black, and Christian. “Being able to tell stories and the art of storytelling and the art of building relationships…and actually starting that healing process [is something]…

Rita

Rita lives by herself and has kidney disease. “It’s gonna be a very strange world if this goes on a whole lot longer.” Interview highlights: “I miss my friends. I miss getting hugs. The one thing I wonder about is what this does or will do over a period of time to people’s relationships with…

Anna L.

Anna Lee is a co-owner of family business, Stripe 3 Adidas, in College Park, Maryland. Through their business, she and her husband, Kevin, work with soccer teams and loyal customers to provide affordable, sustainable sportswear and equipment in order to ensure that every child has the opportunity to play sports. For more than 35 years,…

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…

Amanda

Amanda* is a 5th grade teacher for students with learning disabilities at a county elementary school in Maryland. “The biggest challenge is getting students to show up.” *Pseudonym provided by the interviewee. Interview highlight: “It’s been a little rough trying to get people to get online. We’re trying to figure out things like learning plans,…

Andrew

Andrew Collins is the Assistant Principal of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, a private Catholic school, in Olney, Maryland. “On Friday, before we left, we had three different training rooms, for teachers who were either fairly comfortable, fairly advanced with Google classroom and other iPad devices and apps, other people were kind of…

Rachel

Rachel is a recent college graduate with a B.A. in Psychology from George Washington University.  “I’m a big fan of mindfulness, and there are a lot of benefits, so mindfulness is being aware, [or] present…[and] there are mindfulness exercises such as, a body scan, mindfulness meditation… There’s a bunch of apps for it, Headspace is…