My COVID-19 Journey
On March 17, 2020, the shelter-in-place order took effect in six Bay Area Counties (Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, and Contra Costa) to slow the spread of COVID-19. All individuals living in these specific counties have had to shelter at their place of residence except to provide or receive certain essential services. These photographs, taken on assignment or for personal projects, represent my emotional and psychological journey through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
El 17 de marzo de 2020, la orden de "refugio en el lugar" entró en vigencia en seis condados del Área de la Bahía (Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Marín, Alameda y Contra Costa) para frenar la propagación del COVID-19. Todas las personas que viven en estos condados específicos han tenido que refugiarse en su lugar de residencia, excepto para proporcionar o recibir ciertos servicios esenciales. Estas fotografías, tomadas por encargo o para proyectos personales, representan mi viaje emocional y psicológico a través del primer año de la pandemia de COVID-19.
Nisha Sandhu works at the California Grocery deli in the Tenderloin on Friday, March 13, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. As some people are starting to work from home in the Bay Area, Sandhu is still at her job because she needs to support her kids in college and wants to serve the Tenderloin community. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #1. A paper sign with restrictions information put in place by San Mateo County Health Services is displayed at City Arms on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Pacifica, Calif. Gun stores across the Bay Area did brisk business Tuesday, selling firearms and ammunition to customers rattled by the coronavirus pandemic and staying open in apparent defiance of the shelter-in-place order intended to slow the spread of disease. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #4. Ms. Gail Roberson mourns the loss of her son at a chapel at Duggan's Funeral Service on Friday, March 20, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. When one loses loved ones, family and friends support is essential, but in an attempt to stop the further spread of COVID-19, Duggan's Funeral Service in San Francisco has had to limit funeral services to less than 10 people, and only three visitors can come inside the funeral home at once to make arrangements and attend a wake. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #4. Ms. Gail Roberson mourns the loss of her son at a chapel at Duggan's Funeral Service on Friday, March 20, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. When one loses loved ones, family and friends support is essential, but in an attempt to stop the further spread of COVID-19, Duggan's Funeral Service in San Francisco has had to limit funeral services to less than 10 people, and only three visitors can come inside the funeral home at once to make arrangements and attend a wake. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #5. A scene of an empty Golden Gate Park is seen after the spread of the coronavirus has caused a decline in the number of visitors on Saturday, March 21, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. - personal archive.
Day #5. A dog strolls at Golden Gate Park on Saturday, March 21, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. - personal archive.
Day #6. My husband, Andrés, cooks at our home on Sunday, March 22, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. - personal archive.
Day #11. Carl Jaeger looks out of a window in his home on Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Mr. Jaeger, who is an Airbnb host in San Francisco, is facing financial uncertainty as Airbnb cancellations continue due to the coronavirus pandemic. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #11. Bagpiper Hal Wilkes prepares the drone reads of his 75 years old bagpipe at his home on Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Mr. Wilkes plays his bagpipe every night at sundown to make his neighbors feel united during this historic global pandemic. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #11. Bagpiper Hal Wilkes plays for his neighbors on his rooftop on Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Mr. Wilkes plays his 75-years-old bagpipe every night at sundown to make his neighbors feel united during this historic global pandemic. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #12. A Rambler car is seen parked on Fulton Street on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco, California. - personal archive.
Day #12. My husband, Andrés, takes a portrait of me at Golden Gate Park on Saturday, March 28, 2020, in San Francisco, California. - personal archive.
Day #16. The Helen Diller Playground at Dolores Park in Mission district is closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Nationwide, cases continue to blow up in pockets around the country. More than 215,000 cases have been reported in the U.S., and more than 5,100 people have died. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #16. Elena Duran looks out of a door with window in her home on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Elena Duran and her husband, Carlos Narvaez, both 65, both lost jobs at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on March 16, the day several Bay Area counties issued shelter-in-place orders. Economists at the St. Louis Federal Reserve predict that the country (USA) will lose 47 million jobs in the second quarter, reaching a 32.1% unemployment rate. During the darkest days of the Depression, unemployment was about 25%. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #16. Elena Duran at the entrance of her house on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Elena Duran and her husband, Carlos Narvaez, both 65, both lost jobs at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on March 16, the day several Bay Area counties issued shelter-in-place orders. Economists at the St. Louis Federal Reserve predict that the country (USA) will lose 47 million jobs in the second quarter, reaching a 32.1% unemployment rate. During the darkest days of the Depression, unemployment was about 25%. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #20. Picnic tables sit unused in a restricted area at Golden Gate Park on Sunday, April 5, 2020, in San Francisco, California. The use of picnic tables and outdoor barbecues is prohibited due to the coronavirus pandemic. - personal archive.
Day #20. An exercise court at Golden Gate Park is closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus on Sunday, April 5, 2020, in San Francisco, California. - personal archive.
Day #20. A 'closed' sign lays on the ground at Golden Gate Park on Sunday, April 5, 2020, in San Francisco, California. - personal archive.
Day #20. Evening light hits the crystal chandelier at a house in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco on Sunday, April 5, 2020. - personal archive.
Day #25. Alex Aguilar and Lea Aguilar watch television in Lea's bedroom on Friday, April 10, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Alex and his sister Lea spend their days at home as the shelter-in-place order remains in effect to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. - On assignment for The Wall Street Journal
Day #25. Jenny Aguilar walks down the stairs of her building while carrying cleaning supplies on Friday, April 10, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Aguilar, 46, estimates she has lost 70% of her monthly income as, one by one, the San Francisco clients whose homes she cleaned have canceled housekeeping appointments, most saying they won't resume until stay-at-home orders are lifted. In addition to sending money to Mexico, Aguilar supports her daughter Lea, 21, and son Alexander, 12, who live with her and her cousin. - On assignment for The Wall Street Journal
Day #25. Jenny Aguilar drives to work on Friday, April 10, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Aguilar, 46, estimates she has lost 70% of her monthly income as, one by one, the San Francisco clients whose homes she cleaned have canceled housekeeping appointments, most saying they won't resume until stay-at-home orders are lifted. In addition to sending money to Mexico, Aguilar supports her daughter Lea, 21, and son Alexander, 12, who live with her and her cousin. - On assignment for The Wall Street Journal
Day #27. A black tree is a dead tree. Photographed on Sunday, April 12, 2020, at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. - personal archive.
Day #28. Christina Pappas and her dog Lassen spend time at Mountain Lake Park on Monday, April 13, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. At a time when everybody is being urged to keep social distancing and California is under a shelter-in-place order, animals are also adjusting to new routines. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #28. Christina Pappas' dog Lassen looks out of a door with window in his home on Monday, April 13, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. At a time when everybody is being urged to keep social distancing and California is under a shelter-in-place order, animals are also adjusting to new routines. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #30. Yan Huan Chen, a flight coordinator with food service company Gate Gourmet, poses for a portrait in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Many workers are still on the job at San Francisco International Airport, facing potential exposure to the coronavirus to keep the facility running at a fraction of its normal capacity. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #36. A biker and pedestrians seen at Page Street on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Mayor London Breed has announced a Slow Streets program to help with social distancing and create safer streets for people walking, exercising, and bicycling. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #41. Bolivian Mural Artist Pablo Moises Ruiz, aka RaÃz, paints a mural over a boarded up business on Sunday, April 26, 2020, in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Street art and messages of community support have started popping up in murals all around the city. - personal archive.
Day #41. The last glimpse of light on a flower at Golden gate Park on Sunday, April 26, 2020, in San Francisco, California. - personal archive.
Day #65. Kathryn Booth, 18, a San Francisco teen who has suffered mightily from obsessive-compulsive disorder since she was 12 years old, poses for a portrait outside her home on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in San Francisco, California. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #65. Kathryn Booth, 18, a San Francisco teen who has suffered mightily from obsessive-compulsive disorder since she was 12 years old, poses for a portrait outside her home on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in San Francisco, California. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #65. Kathryn Booth, 18, a San Francisco teen who has suffered mightily from obsessive-compulsive disorder since she was 12 years old, looks out of a window in her home on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in San Francisco, California. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #71. Graduation balloons in an empty Sutro Heights Park on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Schools and Universities all around the Bay Area canceled all in-person learning in March, proms were canceled and graduation happened online for the Class of 2020. - personal archive.
Day #72. A sign informs visitors of coronavirus precautions and Livestream masses at the Cathedral of Saint Mary on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Mayor London Breed announced on Monday that the stay-home order for the city and county of San Francisco remains in effect and does not allow houses of worship to host religious gatherings. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #72. The Rev. Bill Nicholas celebrates a live-stream Mass in an empty Cathedral of Saint Mary as the Easter season ends on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Mayor London Breed announced on Monday that the stay-home order for the city and county of San Francisco remains in effect and does not allow houses of worship to host religious gatherings. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #72. The Rev. Bill Nicholas celebrates a live-stream Mass in an empty Cathedral of Saint Mary as the Easter season ends on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Mayor London Breed announced on Monday that the stay-home order for the city and county of San Francisco remains in effect and does not allow houses of worship to host religious gatherings. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
William Gonzalez (left) and Sonia Bautista stand for a portrait in South San Francisco City Hall gardens on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in South San Francisco, Calif. Sonia Bautista and William Gonzalez lost their jobs due to the economic disaster caused by the coronavirus. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #80. Roberta McLaughlin hands out signs before the start of a peaceful car caravan protest on Thursday, June 4, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Protesters for racial justice took to the streets in several U.S. cities in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin. - personal archive.
Day #88. Geoffrey Grier (right), a staff member with the Bayview Senior Services, packs a bag with fruit for Nettie Fabian at Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center on Friday, June 12, 2020, in San Francisco, California. To provide emergency relief to people struggling to afford food during the pandemic, San Francisco is using $1.65 million from its soda tax to bolster local programs feeding vulnerable communities in the city. Food access, already an issue in parts of the Bay Area, has worsened as the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic spread. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #88. Tiana Day, 17, (right) and Zoe Taylor, 18, speak to the audience during the Women in Solidarity for Justice and Equality protest at Mission Dolores Park on Friday, June 12, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Protesters for racial justice took to the streets in several U.S. cities in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #88. Sophie Taylor attends the Women in Solidarity for Justice and Equality protest to hear the speeches from youth activists and leaders at Mission Dolores Park on Friday, June 12, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Protesters for racial justice took to the streets in several U.S. cities in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #88. Zwazzi Solo speaks to the audience during the Women in Solidarity for Justice and Equality protest at Mission Dolores Park on Friday, June 12, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Protesters for racial justice took to the streets in several U.S. cities in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #122. Asadullah Modarai manages the line for a San Francisco-Marin Food Bank pop-up pantry on Thursday, July 16, 2020, in San Francisco, CA. More than 51 million people have filed for unemployment under shelter-in-place. Locally, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is now serving nearly double the number of households each week compared with before the pandemic. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #122. People line up for a San Francisco-Marin Food Bank pop-up pantry on Thursday, July 16, 2020, in San Francisco, CA. More than 51 million people have filed for unemployment under shelter-in-place. Locally, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is now serving nearly double the number of households each week compared with before the pandemic. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #122. United Playaz volunteers prepare food bundles for a San Francisco-Marin Food Bank pop-up pantry on Thursday, July 16, 2020, in San Francisco, California. More than 51 million people have filed for unemployment under shelter-in-place. Locally, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is now serving nearly double the number of households each week compared with before the pandemic. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #123. A person from the cleaning crew wipes tables at Westfield Shopping Centre on Friday, July 17, 2020, in San Francisco, California. San Francisco's malls and nonessential offices have until Monday to shut down due to a jump in COVID-19 hospitalizations. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #123. The cleaning crew at Westfield Shopping Centre on Friday, July 17, 2020, in San Francisco, California. San Francisco's malls and nonessential offices have until Monday to shut down due to a jump in COVID-19 hospitalizations. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #127. Dr. Shannon Bennett, Chief of Science and Dean of Science and Research Collections at California Academy of Sciences, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in San Francisco, California. A mutant strain of the coronavirus that some researchers believe is more infectious is rampaging across the globe and has moved into the Bay Area, but there are conflicting views about how this tiny deviant is impacting people. The mutated virus, known as the G strain, appears in some studies to be more contagious and up to six times more transmissible than the original strain of the coronavirus that emerged last year from Wuhan, China, and it is now believed to make up 70% of the infections worldwide. Dr. Shannon Bennett is among the scientists finding that the G strain mutation has made it easier for the virus spike proteins to enter human cells and take over their machinery. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #154. As the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Angela Owens, a kindergarten teacher at Sunset Elementary School, engages with her students online for the first time on Monday, August 17, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Teachers have agreed to work seven-hour days, up from four hours in the spring, and have had some training on distance learning. Many have spent the summer months preparing for remote instruction this fall. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #156. Veronica Duarte, a cashier at La Plaza Market in San Rafael, California, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Latinos account for 75% of COVID-19 cases in Marin County, down from nearly 90% in mid-June, though they make up just 16% of the population. It is a troubling statistic that reveals significant health and socioeconomic disparities plaguing this community, including crowded living situations and an inability to work from home. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #156. Ryan Kent and Johanna Calabria hug as they wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Marin Community Clinics testing site on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, in San Rafael, California. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #156. Heidi Janeiro, medical assistant, talks to patient Ricardo Soto before giving him a COVID-19 test at the Marin Community Clinics testing site on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, in San Rafael, California. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #156. Michael Angeles receives a COVID-19 test at the Marin Community Clinics testing site on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, in San Rafael, California. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #158. (Left to right) Dayana, Neymar, and Noemi (no last names given) ride their bikes in San Rafael's Canal neighborhood on Friday, August 21, 2020. Latinos account for 75% of COVID-19 cases in Marin County, down from nearly 90% in mid-June, though they make up just 16% of the population. It is a troubling statistic that reveals significant health and socioeconomic disparities plaguing this community, including crowded living situations and an inability to work from home. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #158. Jose Solis, a worker at Crystal Creamery, poses for a portrait from his truck in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael, California, on Friday, August 21, 2020. Latinos account for 75% of COVID-19 cases in Marin County, down from nearly 90% in mid-June, though they make up just 16% of the population. It is a troubling statistic that reveals significant health and socioeconomic disparities plaguing this community, including crowded living situations and an inability to work from home. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #158. Hairstylists Eva Ramirez (left) and Lupita Perez cut Danilo Rodas (left) and Juan Lopez hair at Salon Mirsa on Friday, August 21, 2020, in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael, California. Latinos account for 75% of COVID-19 cases in Marin County, down from nearly 90% in mid-June, though they make up just 16% of the population. It is a troubling statistic that reveals significant health and socioeconomic disparities plaguing this community, including crowded living situations and an inability to work from home. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #158. (Left to right) Jeremias, Jonathan, Chris, and Darbi (no last names given) buy a Mangonada from vendor Jose Gonzales in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael, California, on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Latinos account for 75% of COVID-19 cases in Marin County, down from nearly 90% in mid-June, though they make up just 16% of the population. It is a troubling statistic that reveals significant health and socioeconomic disparities plaguing this community, including crowded living situations and an inability to work from home. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #158. Nicol and Jackie (no last names given) hug outside their homes in San Rafael's Canal neighborhood on Friday, August 21, 2020. Latinos account for 75% of COVID-19 cases in Marin County, down from nearly 90% in mid-June, though they make up just 16% of the population. It is a troubling statistic that reveals significant health and socioeconomic disparities plaguing this community, including crowded living situations and an inability to work from home. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #158. (Left to right) Nicol, Jayner, Jackie, Jailyne and Angel (no last names given) play outside their homes in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael, California, on Friday, August 21, 2020. Latinos account for 75% of COVID-19 cases in Marin County, down from nearly 90% in mid-June, though they make up just 16% of the population. It is a troubling statistic that reveals significant health and socioeconomic disparities plaguing this community, including crowded living situations and an inability to work from home. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #158. Angel (no last name given) takes care of her sister, Jailyne, at their home in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael, California, on Friday, August 21, 2020. Latinos account for 75% of COVID-19 cases in Marin County, down from nearly 90% in mid-June, though they make up just 16% of the population. It is a troubling statistic that reveals significant health and socioeconomic disparities plaguing this community, including crowded living situations and an inability to work from home. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #168. Neesha Hathi, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Schwab, poses for a portrait at Yerba Buena Gardens on Monday, August 31, 2020, in San Francisco, California. - On assignment for Business Insider.
Day #177. A girl takes a photograph of her friend posing under a dark orange sky due to smoke from the wildfires on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. This photograph was taken at 11:20am in Ocean Beach. - personal archive.
Day #178. A surfer heads out to surf while other people spend time at Ocean Beach on Thursday, September 10, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #178. Wei Long (left) shows her information card to the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank volunteer, Doug Schader, at Cornerstone Baptist Church on Thursday, September 10, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Six months into the pandemic, hunger is more pervasive than ever among households throughout the Bay Area and California. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #185. Ryan Laxamana, registered nurse, saves a test tube on a plastic bag at the Latino Task Force Resource Hub on Thursday, September 17, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #201. Theia C. Fields holds a sign in front of the SF State campus to protest against staff layoffs on Saturday, October 3, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #235. Michael Lozano, a Vietnam Veteran, poses for a portrait while enjoying the sunset light on Friday, November 6th, 2020, at Villa La Paz RV Park in Bouse, Arizona - On assignment for El Dorado Films
Day #256. Jelani Nelson, professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, writes down part of the analysis of the BPTree, which is one of the three algorithms he co-developed for the frequent item's problem, on Friday, November 27, 2020, in Berkeley, Calif. - On assignment for Quanta Magazine.
Day #270. Sauliloa Niumeitolu poses for a portrait at her home on Friday, December 11, 2020, in Berkeley, Calif. California’s housing crisis was already dire before Covid, and the mass unemployment of 2020 has turned the state’s housing problem into a large-scale emergency. Sauliloa Niumeitolu received two eviction notices during the deadliest phase of the coronavirus pandemic. - On assignment for The Guardian
Day #270. Sauliloa Niumeitolu poses for a portrait on Friday, December 11, 2020, in Berkeley, Calif. Sauliloa Niumeitolu received two eviction notices during the coronavirus pandemic. - On assignment for The Guardian
Day #277. Adler Xiloj, delivery driver at Good Eggs, organizes boxes with fresh groceries to be loaded to the van at the Good Eggs warehouse on Friday, December 18, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. While Instacart and Amazon, grocery-delivery giants, have seen orders surge due to the coronavirus pandemic, smaller grocery startups have also benefited. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #279. Sarada Ramachandran looks out of a window in her daughter's home on Sunday, December 20, 2020, in Los Altos Hills, Calif. Her story is part of Taking Care, an ongoing series on the diverse lives of America's family caregivers. - On assignment for Next Avenue / PBS.
Day #304. Veteran Gerry Bartlett walks with his crutches in the hallway at the Veterans Academy, in San Francisco, on Thursday, January 14, 2021. The 66-year-old disabled veteran with bad knees and a worse back must push himself out of his chair in his little room on the third floor, lunge for a pair of crutches and ever-so-slowly make his way down the hall to the stairs. After many breaks, a lot of heavy breathing and worries about falling, he finally makes it to the first floor where his motorized scooter is waiting. Incredibly, Bartlett’s excruciating trip to the front door, which he can only manage three times a week, is a vast improvement. Before intense physical therapy, he was stuck in his room — for five years. “Years go by, and I can’t leave,” he recalled “I’ve been waiting for five years. Five years to relaunch my life.” Life will get a lot easier for Bartlett and other formerly homeless veterans who are disabled or worried about struggling with stairs as they age when two elevators under construction at the Veterans Academy in the Presidio are finally completed. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Day #312. Erika Honan, Care Supervisor on the Care Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Homebridge, puts on PPE on Friday, January 22, 2021, in San Francisco, CA.
Day #325. Victoria Vega hugs her son, Bryant Aleman (8), on Thursday, February 4, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. After fleeing domestic violence, Victoria Vega was living in a San Francisco shelter with her two children, Alondra and Bryant, and working two jobs when the pandemic hit. She stopped driving for Uber because there were no riders and she was scared of the virus. She had to give up her car because she couldn’t make payments. Her janitorial work also disappeared. Her situation is hardly unique as the coronavirus ravages the economy, leaving many people needing unemployment benefits. About 7 million Californians speak a language other than English at home. The majority are Spanish speakers but 2.4 million speak a myriad of other tongues. Lack of language access for jobless benefits created a tsunami of exclusion for millions of California residents. - On assignment for San Francisco Chronicle.
Cecilio at the beach in San Carlos, Chile on February 27, 2021. - personal archive.
My parents, Lilian Hoffmann and Edgardo Hevia, at their home in San Carlos, Chile on March 7, 2021. When the pandemic hit, I was far away from them, I was in San Francisco, CA, where I live with my husband. We are a united Latino family, and due to the pandemic, I couldn't see my people for over a year. It was one of the most challenging and uncertain times of my life. This photograph was taken to celebrate the reunion, full of happiness, full of gratitude. - personal archive.