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Collected Item: “COVID Graduation”

Give your story a title.

COVID Graduation

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

Photograph

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.

Here’s a photo of my cousin I posted on Instagram. She just finished nursing school in Mexico. She’s a single mom, has a full time job and is graduating with honors today. I’m so happy for her finally living her dream. Like many around the world, COVID has affected her graduation.

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?

Class of 2020, COVID-19, mask, graduation, nurse, Mexico, family

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

Xemiramis Caloca

Give this story a date.

2020-10-21
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