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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0103
  • Summary(1:28) Professor at Brooklyn College. Vietnamese. Calling from Flatbush -- (2:49) 32 years old -- (3:08) Brooklyn College closed March 21 -- (4:52) Created GoFundMe fundraiser for Class of 2020 #BCStayHomeSpreadLove -- (5:47) Helping students with social media, gift cards, phone calls, academic support -- (12:16) Teaches international business, consumer behavior -- (13:33) Difficulties of remote teaching and learning -- (21:13) Grocery shopping for neighbors, cooks homemade dumplings for those in need -- (31:02) Moved by the generosity of youth during pandemic -- (33:35) Interest in fashion. Dresses up for Zoom sessions- communicates confidence and positivity -- (41:00) Parting message to Class of 2020 -- (47:47) Selected as Career Champion of Brooklyn College -- (48:55) Many first-generation students at Brooklyn College -- (52:37) Memory of surviving Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, 2017.
  • Date2020-05-11
  • Physical Description1 sound file (55 min.) : digital, WAV
  • CreatorPham, Ngoc Cindy
  • CollectionBrooklyn Covid-19 Stories
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on May 11, 2020, by Julia DeAngelo. Collected for the Covid-19 Oral History Project through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectQuarantine ; COVID-19 (Disease) ; Epidemics ; Coronaviruses ; Distance education ; Brooklyn College--Students ; Fund raising
  • PlaceFlatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Ngoc Cindy Pham conducted on 2020 May 11.