UAlbany Was a Safe Haven

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: [email protected] or the Podcast team: [email protected] Interested in supporting future podcast programming? Please donate to LLC and specify “UAlbany Student Stories.” Click on the following link: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1642/18-giving/form.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=399&cid=1042&bledit=1&dids=156.157.158.159.160.241.177.178&sort=