International students find shelter from pandemic storm on Signal Hill
International students Mariana Esquivel Suarez and Saman Bazmi are riding out the pandemic at Memorial University's Signal Hill campus. But when it began, they faced a stark choice: should they stay or should they go?
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Mariana Esquivel Suarez and Saman Bazmi made the tough call to ride out the pandemic in St. John's
Posted: Apr 23, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 23
Bazmi Saman and Mariana Esquivel Suarez are graduate students who live at Memorial University's Signal Hill campus.(Zach Goudie/CBC)
Mariana Esquivel Suarez and Saman Bazmi both came to Memorial University for an education. They never imagined they would find safe harbour from a raging global pandemic.