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Collected Item: “Check My Privilege: The Pademics Hidden Blessings”

Give your story a title.

Check My Privilege: The Pademics Hidden Blessings

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photograph and reflective personal story

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

When the pandemic became more serious in America in March 2020, I had just started my first class back in college at ASU online. I received my Associates degree 16 years before, and now I wanted to improve my job opportunities by getting a Bachelor's degree. I didn’t know it was the beginning of such a life changing year for me and the world. (To read more, click on PDF)

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#REL101

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Original photography and text by Kristin Grossi

Give this story a date.

2020-08-10T13:46:00
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