High school isn’t expected to be the best time of your life, but you should still have a good experience. Lily is a student from Saginaw herself had half of junior year cut short and barely any of her senior year has a lot to say. While a lot of school might have missed theContinue reading “Lily, Saginaw”
Tag Archives: Age 18-25
Gabby, Saginaw
Gabby is an 18 year old student at Delta College studying to be a veterinary technician. Before Covid-19 she was a high schooler who worked part time at TJ Maxx but in June 2020 TJ Maxx officially closed for the statewide lock down leaving Gabby jobless. When the store opened back up again, her jobContinue reading “Gabby, Saginaw”
Macy, Saginaw
Macy is a 18 year old recent high school graduate from Saginaw County Michigan, throughout the beginning of the pandemic she was a co-op patient transporter at MidMichigan Health. When the cases started to climb MidMichigan was forced to drop her co-op position in order to reduce Covid-19 exposures to high school students. She describesContinue reading “Macy, Saginaw”
Jackson, Kalamazoo
Storyteller: Paige Timpe Jackson is an 18-year-old senior in high school where he attends Plainwell High School. His focus is finishing his senior year to go onto college where he plans to attend Saginaw Valley State University, in Saginaw, Michigan where he will be studying economics. Aside from school he also works for his dad helping him with his pool business where he works on building and maintaining pools. Jackson’s first-time hearing about COVID-19 was March ofContinue reading “Jackson, Kalamazoo”
Faith, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Trinity DeCaire Faith is a nineteen-year-old full-time college student, majoring in illustration. Faith first got word of COVID-19 in her Natural Science course around the time when Wuhan was in the news for going into lock down. Her professor had some experience and knowledge with COVID-19, leading to her and her class having manyContinue reading “Faith, Saginaw County”
Gabriell, Birch Run
Storyteller : Angelina Tersigni This is my interview with my friend, Gabriell. She noted in the first few answers that she is 18, and works as a cashier in Birch Run. She said that the first time she heard of Covid was in February 2020, and she was with her dad. She said it affectedContinue reading “Gabriell, Birch Run”
Anna, Midland County
Storyteller: Michelle Wilkerson Anna is an 18-year-old who lives in Midland, Michigan. She is a co-op student for a hospital. Anna puts extra time into volunteering until one day she was asked not to come in. Covid began to spread, and she felt scared, yet it felt like something temporary. she spent her junior yearContinue reading “Anna, Midland County”
Savian, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Michelle Wilkerson Savian is a 22-year-old who lives in Saginaw, Michigan. He attends the trade school Job Corp for bricklaying. In March 2020, Savian overheard the news of one of his attendees being sick with a virus and being sent home. This was the start of his knowledge about Coronavirus, and he felt overwhelmContinue reading “Savian, Saginaw County”
Seth, Midland
Storyteller: Anna Bradford Seth is an 18 year old high school student from Midland, Michigan. He first heard about COVID-19 when his teachers started talking about the possibility of school shutting down. He had heard about a man in China eating a bat that resulted in an illness, but did not know what was toContinue reading “Seth, Midland”
Elizabeth, Saginaw county
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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