Shelly, Bay City

Storyteller: McKenzie Hurd Shelly is 54 years old and lives in Bay City, Michigan with her son, dog, and cat. She works at McLaren Bay Region as a radiographer. Her main responsibility is to perform medical imaging, such as an X-ray, to help diagnose the patient’s condition, preparing the patient for their procedure which includesContinue reading “Shelly, Bay City”

Scott, Bay City

Storyteller: Alex Mason “These years will be in the history books” was said by Scott (43) of Bay City. Scott is a Welder/Robotics Technician, a programmer, holds a basic certification in CNC machines, and dabbles in electrical work. He’s regularly found fixing mistakes that not a soul knew of their origin, he is also in and out of the office where it is air conditioned in the summer, and even setting up robotic cells of variousContinue reading “Scott, Bay City”

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”

Sarah, Bay City

Storyteller: Richard West             Sarah was 20 when COVID-19 first started and worked as a worked as a Visitor experience Assistant and goes to College at SVSU while also going to school full time.             The virus has affected her life by causing her to be unemployed throughout the year, and having most of herContinue reading “Sarah, Bay City”

Chris, Bay City

Chris is 55 years old and has five kids. He works at an apartment complex maintaining and repairing apartments. Unfortunately, he has diabetes so once the pandemic hit, he had to be extremely precautious of his health and who came around him. Chris’s life did not exactly take a turn, but he was in a predicamentContinue reading “Chris, Bay City”

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”

Shelly, Bay County

Storyteller: Ryley Hart Shelly is a radiographer at Bay Special Care with her main responsibility is taking x-rays for patients. She is 53 years old and lives in Bay City, Michigan. She did not hear, or at least remember hearing, about COVID when it was affecting China but instead recalls hearing about it first whenContinue reading “Shelly, Bay County”

Max, Bay City

Storyteller: William Stark  Max Michalski is a nineteen-year-old college student at SVSU. When his world became confined to his household, he was devastated. It all started in mid-February when FOX news was reporting breaking news on China having an outbreak of a new disease. This new information had blown over his head. He had neverContinue reading “Max, Bay City”