Storyteller: Brayden Paris Marnie is 48 years of age and lives in Freeland with her family. Her position is Special Ed Director of Freeland Community Schools. Her job deals primarily with deaf and learning disorders, people who were strongly impacted by COVID-19. Marnie initially heard of the virus in the media, sometime around February toContinue reading “Marnie, Saginaw County”
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Alli, Washtenaw County
Storyteller: Garette Minzey Alli answered my facetime call in the kitchen of her new apartment casually prepping dinner with her roommate, their five animals pixilated in the background. She is a newer friend of mine, one that I worked a menial café job with back in the summer of 2019. It is safe to sayContinue reading “Alli, Washtenaw County”
Robert, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Brayden Paris Robert is 49 years of age and lives in Freeland, MI. During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was the St. Charles High School Principal, assigned now to the Saginaw ISD, presiding over the Special Ed department for St. Charles. Similar to many, Mr. Paris learned about COVID-19 while most ofContinue reading “Robert, Saginaw County”
Craig, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Brayden Paris Craig is 51 years old, and lives in Saginaw with his family. He is one of the many brave principals in the Michigan education system. As COVID-19 threatens everyone close to him, unlike many he has been lucky to avoid COVID-19. He presides over the Swan Valley Middle school now. Craig reportedContinue reading “Craig, Saginaw County”
Pastor Scott, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Brayden Paris Pastor Scott is a 41 year old who lives and works in the city of Saginaw, as the pastor of Faith Baptist Church. He lives in Hemlock with his wife and five children. His eldest child, Philip unfortunately went through the experience of being a senior at the start of the pandemic,Continue reading “Pastor Scott, Saginaw County”
Allison, Sanford
Storyteller: Courtney Pieper Allison is a 19-year-old teenager. At the beginning of the year her life revolved around work, school, and friends, by the end of the year, her life consists of mainly working. For many teenagers, this year was supposed to be their senior year of high school, the year that they got theContinue reading “Allison, Sanford”
Angie, Ithaca
Storyteller: Courtney Pieper Angie is 25-year-old women, a manager at McDonalds, and a parent of two young children. She explained the first time she heard anything about COVID-19 was when the schools began shutting down. Like many parents, not only was her work life changed but so was her home life. She now had twoContinue reading “Angie, Ithaca”
Heidi, Sanford
Storyteller: Courtney Pieper Heidi, a 45-year-old woman, first recalls hearing about COVID-19 on the news back in February/March and when her work began changing their policies. As a certified nursing assistant at Gladwin Pines, Heidi has had many changes in her daily life due to this pandemic. Her work policies have changed many times, theirContinue reading “Heidi, Sanford”
Haley, Freeland
Storyteller: Alexus Knapik Haley Hickey, 19 years old, works in a daycare, babysits part-time, and is a full-time college student. She is fully involved with everything she does and loves spending time with her family. She found out about the pandemic when it first started in China, hearing about it on the news she knewContinue reading “Haley, Freeland”
Riley, St. Charles
Storyteller: Alexus Knapik Riley Morey was a high school senior when the pandemic began to spread in China when it came over to the United States things got scary. Social media was blowing up over this and it’s all she ever saw. She was in school and then her life flipped and it became kindContinue reading “Riley, St. Charles”
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