About Eli Chen

Straight out of the ever so dazzling and unforgiveably compact Chicago suburbs, I'm a developing writer, student at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, University of Illinois (Urbana) alum and a shameless lurker of environmental non-profit organizations. But no matter the subject, I'm always interested in a good story and good storytellers.

Onazette Joshua, 19, Bronx

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“Usually we help people on Christmas, but now we can’t even do that because we have to help ourselves. So when we had anything left over food-wise, we give it to pantries or whatever. This year, it’s not even happening. It’s sad, actually.”