Jarrod San Angel, 45, of Long Island City, Queens, is a senior academic advisor in student advising services at LaGuardia Community College and has a rich, full life: he loves to travel and sample new cuisines, write music, and attend concerts. Yet...
Tovah Ehrlich was 24 years old, feeling fine, and working as a receptionist as she began her last year at Queens College. In the home stretch of earning her degree, Tovah spent her free time painting, reading, or hanging out with friends — until...
When Shanon Lajoie moved to New Jersey in 2020, it was her third state in ten years. Shanon’s career had taken her from Connecticut to both coasts of Florida to New Jersey, with one constant and unwanted companion: the whooshing in her ears caused...
Chaniya Wigfall, 20, is a full-time student in Syracuse, New York. An aspiring microbiologist originally from Harlem, New York, she recently finished up a summer internship at a lab in Binghamton. In her spare time, she jokes, “I like crocheting,...
At first, Lexi Miller thought her ear was just clogged with water. The 28-year-old account manager from Mahwah, New Jersey, tried hopping on one leg in hopes of dislodging it, but the whooshing sound didn’t go away. It was a curious annoyance, to be...
