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Title: Dispatch From a Prior Pandemic: HIV Meets COVID-19
Description: A personal essay about Martina Clark's experience with the HIV pandemic and similarities to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The essay is also posted on her website https://martina-clark.com
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, HIV/AIDS

Title: What Doesn’t Kill You Still Sucks: HIV and COVID-19
Description: A personal essay about Martina Clark's experience of contracting COVID-19. The essay is also posted on her website https://martina-clark.com.
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, HIV/AIDS

Title: Out the Window, I've seen.
Description: My Intro to Creative Writing class wrote a collaborative poem, "Out the Window, I've Seen." It's an Urban Studies Course, and in normal times we compose pieces based on urban observations (field trips, etc.). Since we're staying at home, we wrote a poem about things that we've seen from our windows, each person contributing a line. The names of my students are on the attached document.
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Stay-at-home life, Social Distancing

Title: Student Photo Essay
Description: This is a student photo essay assignment given at the beginning of the Covid lock down. The photo essays came from Non-Verbal Communication course HUC 119. Students were required to document their lived experience during the early stages of the pandemic through a non-verbal artifact - photo.
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Photography

Title: Irene Ofiaza
Description: Irene Ofiaza, RN - Class of Spring 2012 - Mt Sinai ER
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Nurses, Alumni

Title: Janice Fana
Description: Janice Fana RN, - Class of Spring 2005 - Elmhurst Hospital ER
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Nurses, Alumni

Title: Ivellise Guavarra
Description: Ivellise Guevara, RN - Class of Fall 2009 Catholic Health Services, Clinical Director
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Nurses, Alumni

Title: Nursing Program Grads Working During COVID-19
Description: A collage of LaGuardia Alumi of the Nursing Program who are working on the frontlines of COVID-19. 1st Row: L-->R 1) Anaïse É. Ikama, RN - Class of Spring 2011 -ER, Bronxcare Health System 2) Alexandra Chang, RN - Class of Spring 2014 - ER, Bellevue 3) Ang Yankey Sherpa, RN -Class of Fall 2010 - Mt. Sinai West 4) Janice Fana RN, - Class of Spring 2005 - Elmhurst Hospital ER 2nd Row: L-->R 5) Mark Allen Base, RN - Class of Spring 2006 - NYU Winthrop Hospital Certified Trauma/Emergency Nurse 6) Beata Grill,RN, NP - Class of Fall 2009 - Lenox Hl Hospital 7) Robert Kucera, PA, RN - Class of Fall 2011 - NY Hospital for Special Surgery 8) Ivellise Guevara, RN - Class of Fall 2009 Catholic Health Services, Clinical Director 3rd Roll: L-->R 9) Nana Lau, RN - Class of Fall 2011 - Elmhurst hospital ambulatory care- Now doing COVID-19 Testing. 10) Shane DeGracia, RN - - Class of Spring 2011 - Kings County Hospital ER 12) Irene Ofiaza, RN - Class of Spring 2012 - Mt Sinai ER 11) Victor Ty - Fall 2009 - NYU Langone Health Oncology Clinical Research Manager
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Nurses, Alumni

Title: Nana Lau
Description: Nana Lau, RN - Class of Fall 2011 - Elmhurst hospital ambulatory care- Now doing COVID-19 Testing.
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience

Title: Robert Kucera
Description: Robert Kucera, PA, RN - Class of Fall 2011 - NY Hospital for Special Surgery
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience

Title: Victor Ty
Description: Victor Ty - Fall 2009 - NYU Langone Health Oncology Clinical Research Manager I am one of a group called Maker Nurses comprised of identified nurses, clinicians, therapists, MDs and child life specialist who innovate medical and non-medical interventions to better the experiences of patients. As you may know I design and build Lego Medial Models of medical equipment such as MRIs, CTs, linear accelerators etc. I have also been involved with the Maker community including the 3D printing community. I have been monitoring the pandemic closely since it broke out in the news in Dec 2019. When it finally hit home in NYC, including the shortage of PPE, I looked at my supplies and inventory of materials from which I could make the most use. I decided to make face shields, since I had clear acetate sheets from my days at LAGCC attending Dr. Grozav’s microbiology class. I used this for my reports back then. I also had some inventory of elastic from fashion career days and more importantly I have a 3D printer. I started looking into a face shield design that was already out there and I got in contact a couple from upstate NY that had a design ready.The first prototype was perfect and took 6hrs to make. So, I made a plan to print 3-4 face shields daily. I started printing on 3/21 and by 3/23, with my wife, our older son and I started to have symptoms. In a couple if days we all came down with COVID 19. I continued printing and I'm still printing daily for a little more than 5 weeks now. I reached out to my 3D colleagues here and Boston and they linked me to a 3D printing outfit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard called Ultimaker. In a few days they were also printing for NYU and the rest of the hospitals in NYC. I had only requested 50 pieces from them and at that time, I had about 30 completed myself. I have since printed about 120 from my printer. Since my hospital was getting a fair amount from Ultimaker, I offered the ones I made to my fellow nursing family of co-workers: from my colleagues from LAGCC to the units at Maimonides, and to the pulmonary service at NYU as they were in front and center that really needed extra PPE’s. I also provided some of the oncologists that were being deployed to the COVID-19 floors. My face shields went as far away as San Diego, CA; Northern NJ and Upstate NY. Almost all the hospitals, both HHC and private hospitals, where places where my friends and family worked. Although we are now on the downslope, we continue to print here at home, as we anticipate more need in the near future.
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience

Title: Art During Social Distancing
Description: In this news package students Alexandra Park and Felicia Lissaint share their experiences with the pandemic. Although they were vastly different, the one thing they had in common was a unique use of art. They share insight into how regardless of how creativity is affected by social distancing, art will always live. Bio: Tanushree Sengupta is an Adjunct for the Industrial Design program in the Humanities Department at LaGuardia Community College. These audio news packages were created with the help of the LaGuardia Community College Institutional Archives, as well as students and faculty of LaGuardia Community College. They document how the COVID-19 pandemic affected New York City and the LaGuardia community. They serve as a reminder of the difficulties and challenges that were prevalent during the time. Outside of LaGuardia, Tanushree is a podcaster and educator. Her formal training is in Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering.
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience

Title: COVID-19 vs. Black Lives Matter
Description: Tanushree interviews Thomas Haggerty, an adjunct faculty of the nursing department and a bedside nurse at New York Presbyterian. Haggerty discusses how the pandemic created challenges both at the hospital and for his classes, as well as his students. He shares insight into the question of adequate PPE, logistical issues that hospitals can face, and the danger of misinformation on social media. Bio: Tanushree Sengupta is an Adjunct for the Industrial Design program in the Humanities Department at LaGuardia Community College. These audio news packages were created with the help of the LaGuardia Community College Institutional Archives, as well as students and faculty of LaGuardia Community College. They document how the COVID-19 pandemic affected New York City and the LaGuardia community. They serve as a reminder of the difficulties and challenges that were prevalent during the time. Outside of LaGuardia, Tanushree is a podcaster and educator. Her formal training is in Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering.
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Black Lives Matter

Title: Shane DeGracia
Description: Shane DeGracia, RN - - Class of Spring 2011 - Kings County Hospital ER
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience

Title: Working On the Frontlines of COVID-19, with Beside Nurse and LaGuardia Faculty Thomas Haggerty
Description: This news package explores the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and the eruption of the Black Lives Matter protests all over the United States, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. The protests raised concerns among officials regarding a spike in COVID-19 cases. Ironically, however, it is the black community that suffered most from COVID due a fundamental lack of healthcare resources. There is no choice but to protest for equity. Sources (for package #3 only) 1) Andrew Cuomo. “Governor Cuomo Announces Western NY Expected to Enter Phase 2 Tomorrow and Capital Region on June 3.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, June 1st, 2020. Web. June 15th, 2020. 2) NYC Mayor’s Office. “Mayor de Blasio Holds Media Availability on COVID-19.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, May 27th, 2020. Web. June 8th, 2020. 3) Hot 97. “Ebro in the Morning Town Hall | Presented By MetroPlus.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, May 7th, 2020. Web. June 7th, 2020. 4) Office of the Public Advocate, “Municipal Leaders From Across the Country to Make Announcement on COVID-19 Racial Disparity.” Online video clip. Facebook Live. Facebook, Week of May 18th, 2020. Web. June 12th, 2020. 5) Rabin, Roni Caryn. “Will Protests Set Off a Second Viral Wave?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 31 May 2020. Bio: Tanushree Sengupta is an Adjunct for the Industrial Design program in the Humanities Department at LaGuardia Community College. These audio news packages were created with the help of the LaGuardia Community College Institutional Archives, as well as students and faculty of LaGuardia Community College. They document how the COVID-19 pandemic affected New York City and the LaGuardia community. They serve as a reminder of the difficulties and challenges that were prevalent during the time. Outside of LaGuardia, Tanushree is a podcaster and educator. Her formal training is in Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering.
Subjects: COVID-19 Expereince, Nurses, Haggerty, Thomas, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Title: The Essentials
Description: I spoke to this gentleman and I forgot to ask his name. He saw me photographing and we started to have a discussion while the train was at a halt. "It's empty," he said. "But, there are some people who still have work in the city and then need to go home." We both knew he was one of those people. We discussed about how empty the trains have been and how it is a good thing, it's easier to control the interactions and enforece social distance. He worried about getting the Corona Virus. He has a wife and children to go gome to every night. I hope that wherever he is, his health is intact as well as his family's Photos taken at LIRR Station 61st stop. Woodside, Queens
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Photographs, Woodside (New York, N.Y.)

Title: The Essentials
Description: I spoke to this gentleman and I forgot to ask his name. He saw me photographing and we started to have a discussion while the train was at a halt. "It's empty," he said. "But, there are some people who still have work in the city and then need to go home." We both knew he was one of those people. We discussed about how empty the trains have been and how it is a good thing, it's easier to control the interactions and enforece social distance. He worried about getting the Corona Virus. He has a wife and children to go gome to every night. I hope that wherever he is, his health is intact as well as his family's Photos taken at LIRR Station 61st stop. Woodside, Queens
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience, Photographs, Woodside (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Love in the Time of Corona
Description: Photographed: Esther Castillo. Photographed outside Stop & Shop 34-51 48th St, Queens, NY 11105
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience

Title: Facing the Sun
Description: We took a walk to the market today. It was a beautiful day in NYC as it was 67°. The breeze was the perfect touch for today's warmer climate. As we walked, I saw this make facing the sun. "He's not wearing a mask!" I thought. To be honest, I'm not surprised. The cotton masks we have been wearing are no longer feeling comfortable anymore as the weather is getting warmer. As we kept getting closer, I noticed that his mask was in his left hand. A sense of reliefe came over me and I thought, "That makes sense..." I kept looking at him due with a sense of nostalgia-- the ability to "be out" and enjopy the day for what it was, without worrying what one may catch. No matter how many people passed by he would not break his concentration nor his stance. he never lifted an eyelid or tried to place the mask back on his face. It looked like the bond between him and the sun was sacred and he was guaranteed protection. With his power stance, his eyes shut tight, and his wide smile- it even looked like he was lost in a conversation with our giant star and was trying to negotiate a deal. I think he was winning..... Photographed in Woodside, Queens.
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience

Title: 50 Days
Description: Tomorrow marks 50 days since I have been under quarantine. March 12 was the last day I physically went to work. Coincidentally, the following day- the first day of quarantine, fell on a Friday the 13th. To be honest, this whole quarantine feels like one long unlucky day. But, then again, I can't rea lly say that since I have air in my lungs and I possess the ability to speak/hear my loved ones. There have been so many lives lost and so many scary moments that have been close calls--butl am glad that I have also been able to see a movement where strangers look out for each other, where Mother Nature has been able to heal itself, where empathy& advocacy towards mental health is on the forefront of everyone's minds, and where creative expression has been thriving. Here's to you, to me, to us ... and to light at the end of the tunnel, whenever that may be ... Photo taken on: 4.28.2020, Woodside, Queens
Subjects: COVID-19 Experience

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