Scope and Contents Pixie & I were a team with Love On A Leash for 11 years going to many places to make people feel better. That included CSSM Pause for Paws. Back in late Nov. 2019 I was diagnosed with Leukemia. After a month in the hospitial I returned home & was placed on restricted visits since I was immuned comprised. Then the Corona virus [sic] hit and I was really put on lockdown. That has meant Pixie, my theraphy [sic] dog is home bound also. I know she misses her calling even though she...

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[Author's recount of tracking Covid-19 in geography class, school and business shutdowns, parents' grocery store jobs, online education, Homie UP YEPP Program, quarantine and holidays, self-care.]

Scope and Contents In her oral history, Mayor Rebecca Jones discusses the structure of San Marcos's local government and how it interacts with the San Diego County government. Jones recalls her foray into politics and recounts previous elections as well as her service on the San Marcos Creek Task Force. Jones also offers her perspective on public transit, car transit, bike transit, and microtransit, development in San Marcos, and how the she and city navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. Jones delves into her...

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My essay was about exactly what happened on my last day of in-person classes for my Senior year, and how it affected me and my softball career.

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The story of my year during the pandemic--my distance relationship that was extended due to the virus, and the moments of introspection that came through the monotony of work from home.

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Lilian Serrano is a California State San Marcos alum. She graduated with a degree in Human Development. Lilian worked with the National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos before moving on to work with Alianza Comunitaria and Universidad Popular. In this interview, Lilian discusses family life and growing up in Tijuana and Oxnard, her experiences as a student activist at CSUSM, and her work as an advocate for immigrant rights in North County.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Share Your Story series comprises 44 submissions to Together/Apart that came to the site through a form with guided questions. Questions could be answered in free-writing format. Contributors had the option to contribute anonymously; in such cases, their identities have been redacted and their information not kept. The forms were exported as text forms and saved as PDFs. Questions for the form were focused on experiences and actions shared regarding the early pandemic...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Share Your Story series comprises 44 submissions to Together/Apart that came to the site through a form with guided questions. Questions could be answered in free-writing format. Contributors had the option to contribute anonymously; in such cases, their identities have been redacted and their information not kept. The forms were exported as text forms and saved as PDFs. Questions for the form were focused on experiences and actions shared regarding the early pandemic...

Overview The Together/Apart North San Diego COVID-19 Community Memory Archive was created by the University Library, California State University San Marcos, in response to the arrival of the COVID-19 disease in California and its related societal impacts beginning in March of 2020. The collection is a particiaptory archive that utilized community participation from individuals that lived, worked, or studied in North San Diego County and Southern Riverside County in 2020-2022. The collection consists...