Storyteller: Michelle Wilkerson Elizabeth is a 24-year-old who lives in Saginaw, Michigan. She gained firsthand experience with Covid-19, working in the health care field around the elderly and children. Elizabeth remembers scrolling through her Snapchat feed and seeing a post briefly about Covid. She took no caution to it, believing it would be equivalent toContinue reading “Elizabeth, Saginaw county”
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Chelsea, Grand Rapids
Storyteller: Jessica Pratt Chelsea is 25 years old and just recently moved to Grand Rapids. Chelsea was born and raised in Bay City, MI, but she had just accepted a job in her new city. Her main responsibility would be being a nanny for a busy family of 5. She was excited for this newContinue reading “Chelsea, Grand Rapids”
Onyka, Bay County
Storyteller: Michelle Wilkerson Onyka is a 26-year-old who lives in Bay City, Michigan. Before the pandemic, she worked full-time as a stocker in a grocery store. Due to Covid, she stays at home with her 6-month-old son, while her fiancé takes the risk of working. Onyka first heard of COVID-19 through a friend from JapanContinue reading “Onyka, Bay County”
Helena, White Lake
Storyteller: Anna Bradford Helena is an 18 year old high school student from White Lake, Michigan, and works at an ice cream shop part time. She heard about COVID-19 through word of mouth at school, and mentioned it was something that many kids joked about during lunch-time. At the time, it was something bizarre andContinue reading “Helena, White Lake”
Amanda, Gladwin
Storyteller: Alex Mason In March of 2020, Amanda (18) was sitting in class when she heard the news that she’d be staying home for nearly the rest of the year. She had felt disappointed, angry with the fact that she wouldn’t finish high school in the way the grades before her had. She knew many others felt the same way. Being an active bandContinue reading “Amanda, Gladwin”
Isaac, Midland
Storyteller: Jessica Thompson “Beep beep- my phone went off with a new alert talking about a virus spreading in China. I remember reading the article and thinking that it will never make it here.” A local police officer, Isaac stated when recalling when he had heard about the pandemic. When asked how the pandemic hasContinue reading “Isaac, Midland”
Morgan, Essexville
Storyteller: Jessica Thompson Morgan is a relatively new nurse, working in a Covid unit at one of the heaviest impacted hospitals locally. She states with all the commotion going on in the world she truly can’t remember exactly when she first heard of Covid. “It’s been the longest year of my life, yet when IContinue reading “Morgan, Essexville”
Liz, Midland
Storyteller: Jessica Thompson “I had no idea the morning huddle at work was going to impact the next year or more of my life” Liz had walked into work at the local hospital like any other day. She works as an emergency room technician. Her coworkers had gathered, and her unit manager made the announcementContinue reading “Liz, Midland”
Jack, Saginaw
Storyteller: Jessica Thompson “I found myself unemployed, like so many others. Initially, I thought unemployment was going to be the most detrimental aspect of the pandemic. I worked hard to build my business. Truly the hardest part about it is not being able to be with your loved ones.” Jack stated, when asked about theContinue reading “Jack, Saginaw”
Josh, Saginaw
Story Teller: Daniel Leon Josh is currently 19 years old and lives in Saginaw, Michigan while studying at Saginaw Valley State University during the weekdays however, he goes back to his hometown of Midland, Michigan on the weekends to visit his family. His main area of responsibility as of right now is focusing on gettingContinue reading “Josh, Saginaw”
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