A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

The Oak Leaf
A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

The Oak Leaf
A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

The Oak Leaf
Opinion: What I gained from two coronavirus outbreaks

Opinion: What I gained from two coronavirus outbreaks

Riley Palmer, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 16, 2020
I help out many essential workers like Heinrich, who works at the Manazana apple sauce plant in Rohnert Park. Essential workers are often patient and understand the stress I am going through as an essential worker myself.

Checked out: My struggles and sacrifices as a front-line worker

Luke Morrow, News Editor
June 13, 2020
Unearthed

Unearthed

Emma Linford, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 10, 2020
Abby Selby is a fourth-year SRJC student.

Waiting on a Blank Calendar

Abby Selby, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 10, 2020
To the Latino Man Standing by My Garden as He Texts

To the Latino Man Standing by My Garden as He Texts

Amy Moore, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 10, 2020
Vida Javdan has been taking ESL classes at Santa Rosa Junior College for three years. She says the quarantine has helped her get involved in her children's education.

An unexpected discovery

Vida Javdan, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 9, 2020

The Case for Creativity During the COVID-19 Crisis

Amanda A. Daniels, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 9, 2020
Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Florence Gomes is a first-year International student at SRJC.

What is going on in my hometown?

Florence Gomes, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 9, 2020
Nardos Asfaha is a second year SRJC student.

An Exhausted Essential Worker

Nardos Asfaha, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 9, 2020
Duy Pham is a first-year student at Santa Rosa Junior College.

A story during quarantine

Khánh Duy Phạm, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 9, 2020
Fabian Amarillas a fifth year student at Santa Rosa Junior College, and his younger brother, Yancarlo.

A COVID-19 brother’s quarantine birthday celebration

Fabian Amarillas, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 9, 2020
Josseline Reyes is a freshman at Santa Rosa Junior College

So close to dying

Josseline Reyes, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 8, 2020

Struggling to get by: An undocumented student’s story

Gema Perez, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 8, 2020
Sally is an international student at SRJC. She has attended for the past two years.

Stay home

Sally, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 8, 2020
2020, the unusual year

2020, the unusual year

Lazy Worm, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 8, 2020
Alma Hernandez is the mother of three wonderful children and a Santa Rosa Junior College ESL student.

A newfound appreciation for time

Alma Hernandez, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 7, 2020
Arturo Ruiz is a student at Santa Rosa Junior College.

How quarantine changed my life

Arturo Ruiz, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 7, 2020
Sung Woo Bakung is a first-semester International student at Santa Rosa Junior College.

What is wrong with 2020?

Sung Woo Bak, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 7, 2020
Cesar Preciado and Cachito. Cesar is an immigrant student at Santa Rosa Junior College.

Lessons from a dreadful ordeal

Cesar Preciado, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 6, 2020
May Saw Aye is a third-year student at Santa Rosa Junior College.

Finding peace while in quarantine

May Saw Aye, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 6, 2020
Diego Zaragoza is a student at Santa Rosa Junior College.

What I miss on this pandemic situation

Diego Zaragoza, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 6, 2020
Socorro Nunez is an ESL student at Santa Rosa Junior College.

Run Away

Socorro Nunez, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 6, 2020
Appreciate what you have now

Appreciate what you have now

Padilla Domingues, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 6, 2020
Laura Figueroa is an ESL student at Santa Rosa Junior College. She is pregnant with her first child.

Pregnant and alone in quarantine

Laura Figueroa, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 5, 2020
The family's emotional support dog. Luci Graves is an SRJC freshman.

Sisterly love: A quarantine story

Luci Graves, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 5, 2020
Adriana Flores is an ESL student at Santa Rosa Junior College.

Quarantine through the eyes of a blind person

Adriana Flores, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 4, 2020
Maria Isabel Magaña is a prospective SRJC nursing student.

Disconnect

Maria Isabel Magaña, Special to the Oak Leaf
June 3, 2020
At 2 p.m. nearly every day, cardiac nurse Maddison Jones* leaves home for the unknown to a Sonoma County hospital. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jones focuses on self-care, so she can continue to take the best care of her patients at work. "I am staying healthy so they can stay healthy by extension," she says.

The new normal: Three front-line workers describe their lives during the coronavirus emergency

Luke Morrow, News Editor
June 2, 2020
Lisbeth Daniela Hidalgo, 21, is in her third semester at SRJC taking ESL classes while caring for her daughter and nephew.

On Zoom while parenting two fighting children

Lisbeth Daniela Hidalgo
June 1, 2020
Some of the 1000 masks Toni Bacigalupa Albaum, coordinator of Student Engagement Programs in Petaluma, made for nonprofit organizations.

And so I made masks

Toni Bacigalupa Albaum, Special to The Oak Leaf
June 1, 2020
SRJC art student Anne Louvau fills her sketchbook with scenes inside and outside her own home during the pandemic.

Sketchbook subjects close to home

Anne Louvau, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 31, 2020
SRJC President Dr. Frank Chong with his brother, Danny Chong, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York City for more than three weeks.

Dr. Chong is in the house (literally!)

Dr. Frank Chong, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 29, 2020
Working in a psych facility during a pandemic

Working in a psych facility during a pandemic

Priscilla Navas, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 23, 2020
Being Positive Over The Pandemic

Being Positive Over The Pandemic

Ivania Monterroso, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 21, 2020
Learning From This Pandemic

Learning From This Pandemic

Etsubdink Alemu, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 21, 2020
Adjusting to A New Change

Adjusting to A New Change

Marlene Zavala, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 21, 2020
Eric Peña is a second-year ESL student at SRJC.

The ways I change in quarantine

Eric Peña, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 21, 2020
Feeling Sick In A Pandemic

Feeling Sick In A Pandemic

Angie Hager, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 20, 2020
What’s going on in 2020?

What’s going on in 2020?

Daniel Alamilla, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 20, 2020
Ashley Hancock is an SRJC freshman.

Needing Surgery During a Pandemic

Ashley Hancock, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 20, 2020
People's Thoughts About the Coronavirus Pandemic

People’s Thoughts About the Coronavirus Pandemic

Fezza Arshad, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 20, 2020
Sousiva Ing is a first-year SRJC student.

Rapid change, disbelief

Sousiva Ing, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 20, 2020
Gallery: Quarantine Shopping

Gallery: Quarantine Shopping

James Cornell, Special to The Oak Leaf
May 20, 2020
Reading pillow, noise-cancelling headphones covering headphones for Zoom classes and my bed make up my “classroom.”

Lost freedom: quarantine in a toxic household

Anonymous, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 20, 2020
A new opportunity

A new opportunity

Miriam Velazco, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 13, 2020
A staff break at Primrose, a care home for seniors with dementia.

Quarantine at Primrose

Mariela Amezcua, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 13, 2020
Mandeep Singh is a second-year SRJC student.

How quarantine changed me

Mandeep Singh, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 13, 2020
Unintended Consequences

Unintended Consequences

Ivan Pena, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 13, 2020
Alyse's skates have saved her from many falls.

Skating to stay positive and healthy in the midst of a pandemic

Alyse Kiara Deatherage, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 10, 2020
Oak Leaf staffer Arthur Gonzalez Martin prepared for work as a gig economy delivery driver.

New economy, new gig

Arthur Gonzalez-Martin, Staff Writer
May 7, 2020
By an open window

By an open window

Jennifer O’Mahony, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 6, 2020
Dr. Douglas Anderson, 71, is a retired clinical psychologist and a student in a wonderful poetry class taught by Prof. Steve Trenam at Santa Rosa Junior College.

Two Poems

Dr. Douglas Anderson, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 6, 2020
The writer, who asked to be referred to as "L," is a fifth-year student and student employee at SRJC.

Being queer and neurodivergent in quarantine

“L”, Special to The Oak Leaf
May 4, 2020
Tom Chown, who captured this photograph during a walk from his Kenwood home, "looks forward to when we can all be back on campus."

Delicate spring in Kenwood

Tom Chown, Special to The Oak Leaf
May 4, 2020
Camille Kantor enjoys spending time with her children during these long, coronavirus days.

Finding joy

Camille Kantor, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 2, 2020
Chloe Collins is a third-semester student at SRJC.

My story

Chloe Collins, Special to the Oak Leaf
May 1, 2020
Shelter in place

Shelter in place

Amy Moore, Special to the Oak Leaf
April 29, 2020
Erik's new friend, Cheep Cheep.

Jack London and the bird call of the wild

Erik Jorgensen, Special to the Oak Leaf
April 29, 2020
Alnihayat Qariba

Alnihayat Qariba

James Kowalczyk, Special to the Oak Leaf
April 29, 2020
Life during quarantine

Life during quarantine

Jenna Varner, Special to The Oak Leaf
April 28, 2020
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