A year ago I shared my perspective, as an immigrant, about the COVID crisis. To say that a lot has changed in the U.S. and my native Brazil since then is an understatement. As we settled into relative isolation here, my husband lost his job when his company closed its Denver office. Fortunately, he was […]
Lidiane Mocko
Posted inOpinion, Write On, Colorado
As an immigrant, coronavirus has me worrying for loved ones in two countries. There is peril in both.
During the second week of March, my husband, a software engineer, decided to stay at home. He used to take the light rail from the Federal Station to Union Station every day. Shortly after the first case was confirmed in Colorado and he saw the rate of the progression of COVID-19, he decided to self-quarantine. […]