Interview with Melissa López
IntervieweeInterview with
Melissa López
InterviewerInterviewed by
Abbie Cowan
Date2022 August 12
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 51 Minutes, 27 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
Object number2022.20.34a-b
Description(a) Interview with Melissa López. Interviewed by Abbie Cowan on August 12, 2022 at New Haven Free Public Library Ives Branch, 133 Elm Street, New Haven. (b) Photograph of Melissa López taken at her interview. She was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Historical Society's Community History Project discussing her experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Melissa López is an employee at the New Haven Free Public Library and an academic coach at Gateway Community College. She discusses her excitement about the 2020 lockdown and working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. She goes into detail about personal well being, self-care, and body autonomy during a worldwide health crisis. She discussed the political turmoil in the United States and the 2020 election. She finished her interview discussing her growing faith and maintaining a positive attitude.
Melissa López is an employee at the New Haven Free Public Library and an academic coach at Gateway Community College. She discusses her excitement about the 2020 lockdown and working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. She goes into detail about personal well being, self-care, and body autonomy during a worldwide health crisis. She discussed the political turmoil in the United States and the 2020 election. She finished her interview discussing her growing faith and maintaining a positive attitude.
Label TextListen to interview at http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19642517
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Historical Society’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the impact of Covid-19 on Connecticans, particularly on Black and Brown communities, funeral homes, and on nursing home and elder care populations.Cataloging Note: This cataloging project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-249472-OMS-21.
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