As higher education was immediately shut down in early spring amidst severe Covid-19 concerns, student support services such as the Disability Support Services at Seattle Central were confronted with nearly instantaneous transformation of accommodations for…
Posts published by “Alexa Villatoro”
Alexa is an avid journalist seeking an A.A. with an emphasis on Global Studies at Seattle Central College. She's interested in pursuing investigative journalism to report on social struggles like immigration, civil rights, and access to education in South and North America. She is currently working to cover budget cut reforms at Central and civil rights movements in Seattle. Alexa is also a Youth Council Member at OneAmerica, advocating for greater access to quality education for immigrants and refugees in WA. She is a first-generation American who has travelled to 13 countries to explore world cultures and politics.
Across Washington State, public academia mobilizes strategies for uncertain COVID-19 fall status. As the Washington State economy reopens through the summer, many speculate a second wave of the COVID-19 crisis will overwhelm the U.S. this…
Distance learning faces challenges as prep for possible extended stay-at-home orders begin
Alexa VillatoroAs Washington sees the Covid-19 stay-at-home orders extend towards the end of May while other states rush to re-open the economy, schools are faced with distance learning for potential quarters to come. Seattle Central faces…