Storyteller: Toby Rey In 2020 when COVID-19 first hit Laura lived at home and was finishing her senior year of high school. She has two sisters, Lydia who is in college and Laryssa who lives with her boyfriend in Grand Rapids. Laura had just got back from DECA states and knew basically nothing of theContinue reading “Laura, Midland County”
Tag Archives: Age 18-25
Gage, Midland County
Storyteller: Toby Rey Gage was starting work for his spring job when he first heard of COVID-19 and soon learned that he would not be making as much money over the summer as he would have liked. Gage a 19-year-old with a younger brother named Jack and a younger sister named Ava lives in MidlandContinue reading “Gage, Midland County”
Will, Sanford County
Storyteller: Toby Rey Will lives with his two parents and two sisters who lived on their own before the pandemic. He works at an old person home serving food and cleaning up dishes and tables after the old folk have returned to their rooms. He first heard about COVID-19 in his history class, his teacherContinue reading “Will, Sanford County”
Jonah, Bridgeport
Storyteller: Nick Kennedy Eighteen-year-old Jonah lives and works at McDonald’s in Bridgeport. In his final year at Nouvel Catholic Central, he was first introduced to what Covid-19 was by hearing a classmate saying everything was going to be shut down. At first, he feared the fact that lives were rapidly being lost, but he beganContinue reading “Jonah, Bridgeport”
Maxwell, Freeland County
Storyteller: Nick Kennedy Maxwell has been working at Geyer’s Pennzoil since sophomore year of high school and is now 19 in his senior year at Freeland High School. Working has been his favorite thing to do because he enjoys making money and making a wellbeing of himself. All the way back in February he rememberedContinue reading “Maxwell, Freeland County”
Camille, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Nick Kennedy Camille is currently a student at Nouvel Catholic Central. On any ordinary day back in March, her and many others together began to learn and hear about the so-called Coronavirus from fellow classmates. Everyone at the time could not seem to believe what was occurring in the world as schools and differentContinue reading “Camille, Saginaw County”
Jesus, Saginaw County
Storyteller: Nick Kennedy Jesus is 19 years old and has been working at Home Depot in freight and receiving for a few months now. Originally, he only worked part time during the night shift hours from nine o’clock at night to one o’clock in the morning. Now he currently is taking part in full timeContinue reading “Jesus, Saginaw County”
Phalicia, Saginaw
Phalicia is a 19-year-old who lives in Saginaw, MI with her mother and siblings. During the pandemic she worked as a Doordasher. She was picking up as many hours as she could. Although this job was somewhat risky because she had to deliver food to all kinds of people, she was lucky enough to haveContinue reading “Phalicia, Saginaw”
Brittney and Donald, Bay City
Brittney and Donald are a young couple from Bay City, Michigan. Brittney is 23 and her husband Donald is 25. The two have a six-year-old daughter. The young couple owns a modeling company called Beauty In Me. The business is in Saginaw. Within this business they are modeling coaches, motivational speakers, and do fashion production.Continue reading “Brittney and Donald, Bay City”
Maya, Midland County
Storyteller: Sophia Donoghue Maya was a senior in high school when news about Covid first broke out. She had first heard about the virus through social media and the news. When school was first cancelled, she thought it was going to be a short break, but it soon turned into school being cancelled and havingContinue reading “Maya, Midland County”
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