Listen to business owner Cicero Salmon III, MBA, from The Bronx and now living in Covina, Los Angeles County, California talk about transitioning to working-from-home and spending time with his two children who were learning-from-home during the Covid-19 pandemic. He was able to earn income during the pandemic as an insurance agent. He’s aware that in the American capitalistic society his business grew because more people needed insurance. To avoid contracting the virus he kept a small network of friends and his kids had friends to play with when schools closed in 2020. Sadly, he has friends who passed away from Covid-19 during the pandemic.

I know Cicero through the nonprofit program, Prep 9, which prepares students of color to attend boarding school. I attended The Taft School and Cicero attended The Lawrenceville ...