Early this year Jiahao found out about the COVID pandemic in China and its slow spread to the US. He viewed the disastrous toll that a lack of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) was taking on the healthcare and essential workers. Jiahao decided to work with others from the globe and his own community to ensure that essential workers received the necessary equipment. He has raised thousands of masks, gloves and more to send them to locations all over his community. In addition,  as an incoming senior, Jiahao discusses his views on how COVID will impact current high schoolers and the college admissions process.

Chantal San Antonio der Benito lives in Tenerife, Spain but is currently studying international relations in London. In this podcast she talks about studying aboard and the new university experience she is having. She also talks about dating and relationships during the Pandemic.

Mrs. Seema Kumar discusses Johnson and Johnson’s efforts to create a Covid 19 vaccine, the immense collaboration behind the scenes and what’s next. She also shines a light on the importance of science communication and gives advice to aspiring science students. Thank you to Mukul Anand for editing the audio.!

Alix discusses her experiences in quaratine and how she is using her natural environment and meditation to keep in check during these times

Lea discusses her quaratine time, and how she is taking it, along wit her work!

Bela is an incoming junior from Ohio who has seen, firsthand, the effects of COVID-19. To do her part, she combined her passion of helping others and her business: Bela Butters. She now makes hygiene kits for the homeless, her kits include a signature Bela Butter, masks, and other toiletries to help those in need. Please donate to her GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/corona-funds-for-homeless?utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=p_email%2B4803-donation-alert-v5

In addition, Bela is trying to cope with the mental effects of COVID-19.  A lot of her events and competitions have been cancelled this year; but she is handling it with grace as she tries to make the best of an unprecedented situation.

Arunima Sen discuss is the status of quarantine in India, her future as an international student, and the status of migrant workers

Aryan Sarkar is an AI enthusiast who currently studies Computer Science in Raipur, India. When the first outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic began, he and his team took it upon themselves to do something to fight this disease. Since then, they have been working on creating a multipurpose application to map the spread of COVID-19 and connect every person as part of the chain to alert them of any incidence risk. Even after being a small team, their application even compares to the standards of the application - Aarogya Setu - developed by the Indian government. Tune in to see Aryan's perspective about the pandemic and how he and his team are trying to fight this together.

Zeeshan Muhammed is an MIT graduate who is a professional software developer based in Munich, Germany. In response to the heavy outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Zeeshan along with his team participated at a COVID-19 Hackathon to work on using Artificial Intelligence to fight this deadly terminator. As a result of the hackathon, they were able to create a novel screening tool that uses a cough to detect COVID-19 in the early stages. They are currently working with Stanford University to upscale their progress. Zeeshan wishes to deploy this as soon as possible in order to fight this pandemic. Along with that Zeeshan also manages his primary company - photo-now.ai. Listen to how has this pandemic shaped his lifestyle and the impact he wishes to establish with detect-now.ai

How’s this: Meet Caroline Choi, a graduating high school senior from the class of 2020 to hear how the quarantine has affected students’ plans for the future. Also hear how she stays engaged in environmental and social justice issues in her community during this time