Tina Peng, a sophomore at George Washington University, poses for a portrait in an empty Marvin Center, a student support building, in Washington, DC on March 18, 2020. Peng was one of roughly 200 students who were approved for extended housing during campus closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s a little depressing,” says Peng. “For most international students, we’re so far being away from home. Time difference with our family, we already feel homesick from time to time. Now that a lot of my friends are already home, whether American or international, even though there are some people staying on campus, this moment we shouldn’t be meeting each other that often. We should keep social distance. You really take time alone for yourself but also, it’s spring break and I’m alone.”
