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"I was always intrigued by medicine. I played sports and was in and out of doctors' and orthopedics' offices with...

"A lot of people know me as Cowboy. This hat is the only thing that hasn't been taken from me. I am homeless and have...

“My son Allen was 19 years old and two months into his sophomore year at Montevallo when he took his own life. On a...

“I didn't realize healthcare was something I wanted to do until I Googled careers at 18 and found respiratory therapy....

Aaron: "I moved from Seattle to Miami to be a music minister and go to school. I saw Margaret at a concert and wanted...

"We were farm people in north Alabama. My dad raised chickens and cows, and I was a tomboy and grew up working on the...

"I've had a lot of loss the past few years. My dad died of COVID in January. My mom passed away two years before that....

"I've treated Coronavirus patients in the ICU since day one. It's been a whirlwind. In the beginning, we had no idea...

“I should be dead. In the middle of the night, my stepmother wrapped my head in sheets and banged me against the wall....

"Mu friend Richard Hamilton was furloughed at the start of the COVID when the store he works for shut down. He started...

"This building was my dad's appliance store in Yazoo City. I've worked here ever since I was seven. I dusted and swept...

I left Cuba by boat in 1994 with my husband, sister, and 10 other people. I was 17 and held my young child in my arms....