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H.B., 21, a student in Dallas, TX

“The anger and frustration brought by a global pandemic has subsided and I have gotten used to the ways in which this is our new normal. I’ve gotten closer to many friends i didn’t expect to and have found myself becoming more and more family oriented. While I was used to always looking for the next location or opportunity that could come my way, this pandemic has given me the space and time to slowdown and really consider what I plan to do with my time and in the future.”

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A. R., Imprisoned Citizen, Cottonport, LA

“Since the global outbreak of covid-19 I have watched it closely from the prison TV they have for us here. I started to see how more cases and more deaths were at rise. Never did I imagine it would reach this facility and affect the staff security as well.”

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K.P., a teen in Seoul, South Korea

“By late January, teachers were checking everyone’s temperature at the front gates of schools. We also had to rescheduled lunch time to make the cafeteria less crowded. As the virus became more of a problem, my school kept getting cancelled until February 12th, the end of the school year.”

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