Season 3~Episode 1: Part 1 of 2
In this episode, our hosts Delvi and Yesenia interview an anonymous guest who is referred to as Maui Matthews. This is a UAlbany student’s coming of age story. Maui describes in detail how he fell out with his family, became homeless, as well as the many struggles he encountered in high school that led him to lean into drugs and alcohol for comfort. This is part one of Maui’s story, in part two he talks about overcoming his challenges, and how he was able to embrace adversity with the help of our UAlbany community. Make sure you tune in soon to hear the rest of his story!
Warning Explicit Language
:00 - Introduction
:00 - Maui
:29 - The start of family issues
03:10 - Eviction and homelessness
06:30 - Moving around the city
09:29 - Relying on drugs & alcohol
11:30 - Where was my brother?
13:20 - My godmother saved us
14:43 - Discovering who my true friends were
16:07 - Why UAlbany?
17:36 - My freshman year at UAlbany
18:45 - COVID forced me to move back “home”
20:35 - I wanted my grandmother dead
22:05 - Wrapping up my freshman year experience
Contributors:
Maui Matthews (Storyteller), Yesenia Melo (host), Delvi Paez (host), Caitlin Fanning (Editor), Rosmery Reyes(marketing), Quialmeiry Carrasco Puntier (marketing), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 3, Episode 1 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.
Funding provided by the UAlbany Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP).
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: cserrano4@albany.edu or the Podcast team: GRP-uastudentstories@albany.edu
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