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Collected Item: “Emma Garcia Oral History, 2020/07/01”

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Oral History Interview with Emma Garcia

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oral history interview

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Emma Garcia is a native of California and is attending a graduate program at Arizona State University online, seeking a master’s degree in history. As part of her studies she is working on the Journal of the Plague Year digital archive. The very archive this oral history interview was conducted for and included within. Living with her boyfriend, five months into the pandemic, she explains how life with coronavirus changed her daily routines, relationships with family and friends, where she gets her news, and what she worries and fears the most.

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pandemic, Coronavirus, online learning, university, fear, stay at home order, death, poverty

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Chris Twing

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2020-07-01
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