Liz

Liz is a second-year undergraduate student. She is the daughter of an immigrant and a refugee. “I was really frustrated with the university, because I felt they made their decision based on the assumption that everyone has a stable home to go to, a home they wanna go to, which is definitely not true.” Interview…

Anya

Anya* is an international student who graduated from her master’s program in fall 2019. “So I am in College Park and everybody is home. So it’s kind of become a ghost town here. I just moved into a new place and I barely know my roommate…” *Pseudonym provided by the interviewee. Content warning for brief…

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]…

Richard

Richard is a recently laid-off graduating senior at American University. He is originally from Connecticut, and currently resides in Washington, D.C. “[W]hat I’m getting in unemployment is enough to pay my rent. Yeah. Cool. So am I gonna eat now? Like, would you like me to eat the floorboards? Like I don’t understand what you’re…