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Q: How has the crisis affected your everyday life?

A: Increased financial uncertainty, intensity of 24/7 childcare for two babes under 3 during shelter-in-place order

Q: How has the crisis affected your practice?

A: Childcare trumps practice

Q: How has the crisis affected you economically?

A: Increased uncertainty about whether employment will continue

Q: What is the role of culture in a time of crisis?

A: A balm, a lifeline, a necessary and visceral reminder of interconnection.

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Age: 42
Occupation: poet, professor, doula