CAITLYN M. MAY
When criminal justice major Vanessa Cisneros popped into the Zoom meeting meant to educate the Linn-Benton Community College staff and community on the challenges Latino students have faced, she first had to offer an apology.
She was stationed in her living room in front of her computer, and her 7-year-old daughter paraded back and forth behind her while her toddler pulled and tugged his way into her lap, demanding a story.
âI have kids, and itâs chaotic,â Cisneros said. âJust ignore the noise.â
Itâs not unlike the experience of any working mother over the last year juggling online learning and working from home.