Storyteller: Madeline Spillane Debra is 44 and lives in Hemlock. She works as a labor and delivery nurse at Covenant. She is also a mother to two girls. Debra first found out about Covid from a hospital memo back in February. Debra’s day-to-day life drastically changed once the virus struck. At home things went fromContinue reading “Debra, Saginaw County”
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Nathan, Genesee County
Storyteller: Madeline Spillane Nathan is 19 years old and lives in Flushing. He works part-time as a carpenter. Nathan first heard about Covid in early March while watching the news. At first he didn’t think that it was that big of a deal because there wasn’t a lot of fuss over it, but life slowlyContinue reading “Nathan, Genesee County”
Cheryl, Bay County
Storyteller: Izabella Rosebush Cheryl wasn’t really aware of the pandemic until two days before we shut down because she doesn’t like to watch the news. She was helping her son who is a teacher in his classroom. Being a grandma of 11 grandchildren she missed seeing them and having them at her house. However sheContinue reading “Cheryl, Bay County”
Julia, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Izabella Rosebush As a senior in high school Julia thought the pandemic would give her a nice little break during the most stressful time of the final year of high school. But it lasted longer than she expected when they never went back to school. She had first heard about Covid on the newsContinue reading “Julia, Saginaw County”
Kim, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Izabella Rosebush Every morning she wakes up and teaches 2nd grade to her youngest son who is 8. She never thought she would be homeschooling her children but that happened once the pandemic started. Kim has 3 other children who are old enough to do their work on their own. She also realized howContinue reading “Kim, Saginaw County”
Sandra, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Antonia Levario Sandra is a 66 year old living in Saginaw County. Sandra is a COVID-19 survivor and a grandmother to 10 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Sandra first was aware of Covid when she saw it on the 5 o’clock news. The pandemic was really shocking to Sandra because she has never experiencedContinue reading “Sandra, Saginaw County”
Ashlee, Oakland County
Storyteller: Sasha Tadajewski When Ashlee walked into work as a housekeeper in late February, she was told she had to wear protective gear or wouldn’t be able to work. As a single mother, she couldn’t not work. So for the next months, Ashlee would wear a full body suit while cleaning doctor’s offices in OaklandContinue reading “Ashlee, Oakland County”
Dontae, Wayne County
Storyteller: Sasha Tadajewski Dontae lives in Taylor, about 25 minutes outside of Detroit. He works overnight as a production operator making spindles for Honda at a plant in New Boston. This is where Dontae first heard about Covid, he was at work when he heard his co-workers talking about this virus in China. Partway throughContinue reading “Dontae, Wayne County”
Brandy, Midland County
Storyteller: Sasha Tadajewski Brandy first heard of COVID-19 when her step-mother’s open heart surgery was rescheduled in February. The hospital she was supposed to get her surgery at had been classified as a Covid-only hospital, and she did not receive this very important surgery until late July. In March, when things started heating up, thisContinue reading “Brandy, Midland County”
Jade, Montmorency County
Storyteller: Sasha Tadajewski Jade first learned about COVID-19 when she was sitting on the couch, watching television; something came on the news about a virus outbreak in Wuhan, China. At first, she wasn’t very worried; how would something in China affect her? Well, it affected so much of her life. When Covid first erupted, JadeContinue reading “Jade, Montmorency County”
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