In the first session, Soba speaks about her experiences working as a nurse tech at New York Presbyterian Hospital during the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. She discusses the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, drawing parallels with the disproportional impacts of COVID. In the second session, Soba talks about her life as a registered nurse, interests in palliative c are and oncology, and her daily routines after stopping working at the hospital
Nurses; Nursing students; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; COVID-19 (Disease)--Health aspects; Hospitals--Emergency services--United States; Black lives matter movement; United States Race relations 21st century; Soba, Katherine, 1997-; Presbyterian Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
58 pages
Note (Biographical)
Katherine Soba was born and raised in the Bronx. Her mother is Ecuadorian and her father is Puerto Rican. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she was nursing student at Columbia University, and during this period she finished and became a licensed registered nurse
Note
Interviewed by Jennifer Dohrn on June 11 and September 30, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Katherine Soba, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023