EP #111 - 8.24.2020 - The COVID-19 Schoolyear - Student Perspectives

Today we start a series of COVIDCalls on various aspects of education at this time—today a discussion of the upcoming school year from the perspective of high school and college students with Madeline Ladd, Afrah Howlader, and Shivani Patel.

Madeline Ladd is a rising high school senior at Villa Maria Academy in Malvern, PA. She has been a competitive swimmer for most of her life and is supposed to be a captain this year for Villa’s swim team. Madeline is also the editor for the school newspaper, the Vice President of the National Honor Society, and a member of the Spanish Honor Society. She is currently in the process of applying to colleges.

Afrah Howlader is a senior at Drexel University studying public health with intersecting interests in international development, disaster management, and labor migration. She is currently a co-op intern at Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS) and will be interning with the Director of Refugee Programming and Planning at HIAS Pennsylvania in the fall.

Shivani Patel is a second-year student at Drexel University studying Finance and Economics. She is also a production assistant here at COVID Calls, helping with auditing transcripts and connecting with guests. She is also a representative on Drexel’s Student Government, working to voice the concerns of the student body to administration.