Monthly Archives: April 2020

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It feels like a lifetime, but only a month has gone by since COVID-19’s designation as a pandemic. And even though we are far from knowing what it all means, we can start to see how this virus has collectively affected us. Small businesses and restaurants across the globe have closed. Millions of people have

By now, we have all watched with worry as the coronavirus wave spread to nearly every country on the map. For so many people, ordinary life has come to a screeching halt – and far too many have suffered unimaginable tragedies. There are some glimmers of hope as the number of deaths and infections in

Amid the global pandemic of COVID19 and Coronavirus, I’m thinking back on a great experience I had a couple of weeks ago - when we were just starting to live the consequences of the pandemic which has since derailed our lives. I was lucky to join two incredibly powerful women on a mission to

By now, most people alive know that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected nearly every continent, forced countries into states of emergency, sent individuals into varying levels of quarantine and isolation, and shuttered businesses and schools. But there’s a lesser-known story that also deserves attention: of youth rising up to meet the challenge of this

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Governments all around the world hastened to respond by enforcing measures such as social-distancing, quarantine and isolation. While necessary, these measures can have a significant effect on young people’s mental health. Fear, anxiety, anger, sadness and grief are compounded by being away from schools, work, peers, adjusting to