Storyteller: Aubrey Cole Kaitlyn is 24 years old and she lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She currently owns her own business called Kaitlyn’s Creations, and is a professional photographer who also makes graphics. Originally, she heard about COVID while on the phone with a client. The client sadly canceled the wedding she had planned forContinue reading “Kaitlyn, Grand Rapids”
Tag Archives: Age 18-25
Chase, Bay County
Storyteller: Sage Simon Chase is an 18-year-old from Bay City, MI. Chase was a high school senior and part-time worker at a local KFC when coronavirus had begun to affect him. He first heard about the new virus when talks of the schools closing for a few weeks had come up. Coronavirus had changed hisContinue reading “Chase, Bay County”
Katie, Washtenaw County
Storyteller: Garette Minzey Katie, a 21-year-old college student, was living in Ann Arbor with her boyfriend when she heard the news. On the phone with her mother in March, Katie recalled how scared she felt as soon as the words registered through the phone. Katie soon launched herself into a game of cat and mouse,Continue reading “Katie, Washtenaw County”
Autumn, Monroe County
Storyteller: Garette Minzey Autumn has an interesting perspective surrounding the beginning of the pandemic, as they had been travelling for work when COVID-19 hit. Away from home and working in a resort, there was a lot of anxiety and fear for them. Twenty years old and currently living in Temperance Michigan, they reflected on whereContinue reading “Autumn, Monroe County”
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”
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”
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”
Kathryn, Midland
Storyteller: Alexus Knapik Kathryn Lamont, also known as Katie, was 18 when this pandemic began. Hearing about it from the people at work is where she first learned about the virus that was soon going to take over the country. Katie works as a head cook in a restaurant in Saginaw. She wasn’t expecting everythingContinue reading “Kathryn, Midland”
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