Anyone who said NY was dead after Covid-19 arrived wasn’t a New Yorker to begin with
There’s one way to put even the mellowest New Yorker into a fit of rage: insinuating, in any way, that New York City is dead.
Last March, grief overtook the city I’ve lived in my entire life. Although the events of 9/11 caused me PTSD due to the trauma of almost losing my dad twice in the Twin Towers (first in the 1993 bombing, and then in 2001), the uncertainty we experienced for months in New York City was a new danger that no one in our lifetime had lived through. And as the nation surpasses 500,000 lives lost to…
She experienced the tumultuous ’60s with a blend of innocence and ‘stand up for what’s right’ conviction
My mom is a natural storyteller. It only helps her storytelling that she grew up when American history was a living, breathing movie even Steven Spielberg couldn’t dream up.
The history I learned through textbooks and documentaries, my mom witnessed firsthand on a small boxy television. In black and white, she saw Lee Harvey Oswald get shot while being escorted to jail. In color, she watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. These massive moments in history happened before she was even in high school.
My mom, Cecelia Lacayo, is now a 64-year-old MSNBC fan who cares intensely about the…
Vinnette Carroll, the trailblazing actress, director, and playwright, was the first Black woman to direct a production on Broadway.
Jada Gomez
Senior Platform Editor at Medium. Girl with the long last name from the Empire State. NYU Alum. Runner. Puppy Mommy. Smiler.
