COVID-18

Host and reporter: Rachel Livinal, We'Ced Youth MediaInterviewees:Dallas WebsterYadira Balderas

Reporter: Andrea Gil, Youth Leadership Institute, San Mateo County Tobacco Education Interviewees:Monica Pahulu, Taulama for Tongans, Tobacco Education Coalition Aniya Majors, Grambling State University, Ambassador at The Truth Initiative, Bay Area community Health Advisory Credit to news source taken from News4JAX

Hosts and Narrators:Samantha Zavala-Angulo, Pomona Students UnionJonathan Alvarez, Pomona Students UnionEditor:Samantha Gutierrez, Pomona Students Union

Interviewees:Daphne Ramirez, Que Madre Kobe Sanders, CVHS Alum, UCLADr. Brenda Ross, Perinatologist, UCR Health Reporter:Vianey Alguin, Que Madre

Reporter: Ishan Singh, The KNOW Fresno Interviewees: Debbie Hawkins - Leadership teacher and Campus Culture Director, Sunnyside High SchoolKimiya Attar - University High School, president of Fresno's GENUP chapter

Reporter: Yesenia Pacheco, Voice Waves Long Beach Interviewee: Nereida Nieto

Interviewees:Miguel Coronado, Pomona High SchoolFernanda Fausto, UC Berkeley Hailey Bickett, Bonita High SchoolReporters:Angela Coronado, Gente OrganizadaSamantha Zavala-Angulo, Gente Organizada

Reporter: Rachel Livinal, We'Ced Youth MediaInterviewee: Lyric Adam, Merced College

Reporters:Mikayla Wong, YLI San MateoMk Munoz, YLI San Mateo Xitlalli Pineda, YLI Marin Interviewees:Mikayla Wong, YLIMk Munoz, YLI

Reporter:Vianey Holguin, Que Madre CoachellaInterviewees:German ChavezFelipa Saldivar 

Reporter: Yesenia Pacheco, Voice Waves Long BeachInterviewee: Elijah Grey

Reporter: Ishan Singh, The KNOW Fresno Interviewee: Roan Gordon, University High School 

Reporters in order of appearance:Mikayla Wong, YLI Bay AreaMk Munoz, YLI Bay AreaYesenia Pacheco, Voice Waves Long BeachVianey Alguin, Que Madre Coachella Valley Ishan Singh, The KNOW FresnoAngela Coronado, El Gente Pomona

Seniors, now graduates, reflect on their ceremony, and what the whole Class of 2020 experienced during the pandemic.

Seniors navigate the harsh realities of employment and small businesses, social media conspiracy theories, and all in our little home city called Merced.

Seniors struggle with their food intake and impulsive decisions riding alongside the uncertainty of quarantine.

Mother's Day passes by and seniors learn how to navigate their families as well as other relationships they had always held near to their hearts.

Seniors find more information about their graduation from a school board meeting and share their feelings for the next step in adulthood for many graduates: college.

Earth Day passes during Merced's quarantine, and seniors reflect on what our planet means to them, as well as other hobbies they have been investing in light of staying at home.

Seniors take on school. Heading back, with a new way of learning at a distance, senioritis takes a toll, and seniors decide how to get through both their schoolwork and finishing strong while at home.

High school graduate Jenasis narrates her personal story as well as other BIPOC and their personal stories and thoughts on their experiences surrounding systemic racism and police brutality.

In the third week of quarantine, tragedies take over. Not only is the weather posing a whole new threat for mental health, but with the news of the week, things are reaching a tipping point of sadness. Teenage suicide becomes all too personal, as well as the count of deaths from the coronavirus rising. Seniors share their thoughts and connections to these stories.

The second week of quarantine poses a whole new realization for seniors: school in person is out. For good. Seniors prepare for the uncertainty of the next few months, sharing their thoughts and concerns on the remainder of their senior year.

High school seniors figure out what a routine looks like during shelter-in-place.

Check out what's ahead in COVID-18 a new podcast by high school senior Rachel Livinal from We'Ced Youth Media a proud program of Youth Leadership Institute.