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Collected Item: “The Essential People Project: Cedric Masengere”

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The Essential People Project: Cedric Masengere

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Interview

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As part of Everyday Boston's Essential People Project, Kamal Oliver interviews Cedric Masengere. Cedric is a manufacturing associate at Moderna, and the interview explores his journey from an 8-year-old playing with chemicals in his bedroom to the floor of the pharmaceutical company working to produce a vaccine during the pandemic.

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#everydayboston, #greaterboston, #oralhistory

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=Y9GxIg33CDY&feature=emb_title

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Everyday Boston

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2020-04-30
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