The community my beat is focusing on is my community of Washington Heights. Washington Heights is made up of a mostly Hispanic/Latinx population but as of recent years more young/college aged white residents have moved in. With this, there was an unexpected surge of protests last summer. For years prior, most residents who chose to…

My neighborhood, which is the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan as of April 2021 appears to be business as normal. People still adhere to mask requirements (with the exception of a few non-maskers) but restrictions appear to have been lifted. I remember March – June 2020 during the height of pandemic, stores would not allow…

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on all of us and while the pandemic has been a nightmare, 2020 can’t be regarded as being entirely terrible. For some people like UPS Store manager Amber Morales, 2020 saw new beginnings and opportunities at a time where hope seemed lost. New apartment, promotion at her job and…

New York City has struggled managing their homeless population which has seen an increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many New Yorkers have lost their jobs and homes leaving them no choice but to seek refugee elsewhere. In the fall of 2020, I spoke to a former office maintenance worker who was abandoned by his…

City College of New York is home to 16,000 students who come from different walks of life. One of these students is 20-year-old Jaqueline Mata, who I had the pleasure of meeting this past fall during one of our Zoom English classes. Jaqueline resides in Queens with her parents and 3 younger siblings. Mata, the…