Sanjana Chowhan

I spent the last year working the most tiresome, traumatic, turbulent, heart-warming, exhilarating job of my life. For impactful stories you just can’t miss I sat down to write this piece after a year of working the most tiresome, traumatic, turbulent, heart-warming, heartening, and exhilarating job of my life. Obviously, I should have a fair bit to say. But really, what did I want to make this piece about?

Prosopagnosia is a condition that can make it impossible to recognize the faces of others, from friends to movie characters to parents. To varying degrees, it affects about two percent of people. Jacob Hodes lies on the couch watching old reruns on television. It’s his roommate Sonny Singh’s turn to cook dinner tonight, and their Brooklyn apartment fills with the aroma of Indian food. As Singh bangs around in the kitchen, Hodes talks about a party he attended recently.