Emily Carrillo

Emilly Carillo, a 17-year old at Franklin Academy, enjoyed spending time on the weekends with her friends catching movies or getting ice cream. But that all changed when COVID-19 hit. Now, she finds herself all masked up.

Carrillo thinks it’s important to socially distance when not wearing a mask but finds it hard to adapt to when around family and close friends.

“I keep my distance, but it’s not really from six feet away,” she said. 

But, other than that, she says she wears her mask a lot. 

“Like even if I have to step out of my house like once,” said Carrillo, “I do it to protect myself and others.”

Carillo has found that mask-wearing has affected the way she normally interacts with people.  However, she struggles to engage in an active conversation behind a mask.

“I wear glasses so the mask is right under my glasses so the air makes them kind of foggy,” said Carrillo. 

Because of the foggy frames, she finds herself making more eye contact than usual.

Carrillo still sees us wearing masks well into the next year even if it isn’t necessary. 

“I think that some people are going to wear a mask for as long as they believe that everything is actually clear, said Carrillo, “because you can never really trust what you hear.”