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Interviewee

Christine Parsons

Interview Date

12-7-2020

Interview Location

Orlando, FL

Length of Interview

1:04:27

Language(s)

English

Description

Mary Rubin interviews Christine Parsons, the Program Manager for the Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute, via Zoom about the impact of COVID-19 on her life. Christine faced many tragedies, beginning with her daughter in the hospital with a blood clot in March when COVID-19 was beginning to become more prevalent. In April, she took a trip to New Jersey to take care of her mom, who unfortunately passed away. Despite having been aware of her mother’s last wishes, Christine’s plans for her mother’s last days and, subsequently, her funeral were different due to COVID-19. For example, Christine’s mother’s last rites were streamed on FaceTime. In May, Christine’s brother passed away as well. Reflecting on the losses in 2020, Christine remains positive knowing that 2020 “just happened to be one of those years, it’s not going to last forever.”

Rights Statement

All rights to videos are held by the respective holding institution. This video is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses. For permission to reproduce video and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576, http://library.ucf.edu/scua

Keywords

University of Central Florida; COVID-19 (Disease); University of Central Florida – Employees; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects.; University of Central Florida – Faculty

Date of Birth

05/17/1959

Place of Birth

Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States

Gender

Female

Race

White

Major

Interdisciplinary Studies Education/Modeling and Simulation

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