Ashley Mendoza • 20 • Newark, NJ 6/17/20 Ashley Mendoza • 20 • Newark, NJ 6/17/20

Time With Mom

At least I have the chance to hold my mother now more than ever.

Newark High School Students 6/16/20 Newark High School Students 6/16/20

Missing High School

Jacob Amaro • 18 • Paterson, NJ 6/15/20 Jacob Amaro • 18 • Paterson, NJ 6/15/20

New Life

The Coronavirus has cancelled a lot of our plans, but it can’t cancel our hope.

Yeimy Gamez Castillo • 22 • Newark, NJ 5/29/20 Yeimy Gamez Castillo • 22 • Newark, NJ 5/29/20

Our New Normal

Finding peace and purpose at this moment.

Johnathan Christie • 21 • Newark, NJ 5/25/20 Johnathan Christie • 21 • Newark, NJ 5/25/20

Friends in Far Places

I decided to reach out to some of my friends around the world to see how they are doing during this time.

Raichel Echeverria • 19 • Newark, NJ 5/22/20 Raichel Echeverria • 19 • Newark, NJ 5/22/20

Doubly Isolated

Although I enjoy time spent indoors, home is not somewhere I like to be.

Jacob Amaro • 18 • Paterson, NJ 5/18/20 Jacob Amaro • 18 • Paterson, NJ 5/18/20

Food Unites

For as long as I can remember, food has played an important role in my family.

Maria Paula Ospina Barracaldo • 24 • San Gwann, Malta 5/15/20 Maria Paula Ospina Barracaldo • 24 • San Gwann, Malta 5/15/20

Human Connection

We have been separated physically for a year but are always together in our friendship.

Johnathan Christie • 21 • Newark, NJ 5/6/20 Johnathan Christie • 21 • Newark, NJ 5/6/20

Managing Loss

This situation has taught me to not take for granted the people who are in front of me every day.

Jacob Amaro • 18 • Paterson, NJ 5/3/20 Jacob Amaro • 18 • Paterson, NJ 5/3/20

Light & Dark

When my grandparents tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks ago, I felt myself sinking into darkness.

Francisco Perez • 18 • Newark, NJ 4/29/20 Francisco Perez • 18 • Newark, NJ 4/29/20

Same Here

No one is alone in this crisis.

Jacob Amaro • 18 • Paterson, NJ 4/12/20 Jacob Amaro • 18 • Paterson, NJ 4/12/20

Finding Home

Home, which is for me the house I live in with my parents and seven siblings, has always been paradoxical in nature.

Francisco Perez • 18 • Newark, NJ 4/9/20 Francisco Perez • 18 • Newark, NJ 4/9/20

New Routines

In the midst of all this madness there is a light.