Opinion: The pandemic hit STEM majors hard. I was very unmotivated, taking science, technology, engineering and math classes at home.
is a graduate of Southwestern College majoring in nanoengineering, and lives in Chula Vista. When I transitioned from in-person to online classes, it was all new and different. As a STEM major my biggest concern was not having my laboratory classes and it was very difficult to get adapted to this new way of learning. In the beginning, I was very unmotivated, taking science, technology, engineering and math classes at home and doing everything from my room was very hard and I wasn’t able to concentrate. My Southwestern College experience consisted of on-campus classes for a year and a half a...