In the first session, Anahí Naranjo discusses dealing with the loss of her pastor, how the pandemic has disrupted her relationship to the Ecuadorian community, how difficulties within her family were exacerbated by the pandemic, and temporally disorienting effects of a socially-distanced life. In the second interview, Naranjo discusses how she has been living through the pandemic since the first i nterview and the losses of family members in Ecuador. She analyzes issues in the healthcare system and class-based and race-based inequities. She also discusses her shifting definitions and values of space and the privileges of having space to live through the pandemic. She describes hopes for the future, the COVID-19 vaccine, and the election of President Joe Biden
College students; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Social distancing (Public health); Epidemics--Social Aspects; Ecuadorians--New York (State); United States Politics and government 21st century; Ecuador; Naranjo, Anahí
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
65 pages
Note (Biographical)
At the time of the interview, Anahí Naranjo was living in Queens and was an Oral History Master of Arts student at Columbia University. Originally from Ecuador, Naranjo moved to New York City in 2002
Note
Interviewed by Fernanda Espinosa on May 5 and December 19, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Anahí Naranjo, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023