Pema Choden & Dan Hudson

Pema shared the story of her family's escape from Tibet and how they eventually came to live in the U.S. She also talked about her families relationship with the Dalia Lama.

Irene Luna and Breanna Davis

Nursing students, Irene (27) and Breanna (30) discuss starting nursing school during a pandemic.

Alicia Swift & Scott Acord

Alicia is young and has always led an active life until she was infected with Covid in 2021. She beat the original symptoms, but has since been battling long covid which has taken its toll on her. The worst of...

Jessica Quintal Alverez & Jennifer Eid Ammons

Colleagues Jessica and Jennifer work on the Mobile Medical Van community outreach program for Providence Health in Sonoma County, California. In order to gain the trust of the homeless community they serve, they take a personalized approach by getting to...

Jeff Cato & Erik Wexler

Jeff has been blind since birth and has been a valuable member of the Providence Health team since graduating high school. He initially began his career in food services and has now transitioned to the IT team, where he plays...

TJ & Scott Acord

TJ has always led an active life full of running, biking, working out and travel. All of that has come to an abrupt halt now that she is battling long covid. She is unable to do most of the things...

Jennifer Kucera & Sarah Quinto

Jennifer shared her story about the barriers to healthcare she and others living with a disability face every day when they seek to get the healthcare they need. This has led her to becoming an advocate for health equity for...

Beth Peterson & Will Rogers

Beth, a nurse working in information services, recently won a nurse of the year award at Providence. She talks about the joy and rewards of her job, how things have changed because of the pandemic and what she has learned...

Rose Austria & Will Rogers

Rose talks about her nursing career as a case manager and winning a nurse of the year award. She shares heartbreaking stories about working with COVID patients, losing her mother during the pandemic.

Elisa Hays & Lisa Coronado

Elisa recounted her incredible tale of being struck by a semi-truck, hurtling 90 feet, and impaling herself on a guardrail. Despite all odds, she miraculously survived, defying reason. However, her path to recovery has been arduous, riddled with numerous health...

Phyllis Smith & Laura Smith

Phyllis and her daughter Laura discussed the birth of Berkeley, Phyllis' son born in the late 70s, and how they were informed about his diagnosis of Down syndrome. In their conversation, they mentioned that one doctor advised against pursuing surgery...

Share Christie and Leah Phillips

Share Christie speaks with Leah Phillips, a nurse, who was with her mom in the ICU during her mothers last days during COVID

Carnell Hampton & Will Rogers

Carnell shares his COVID-19 story of spending 297 days in the hospital, losing half his right leg, the toes on his left foot, almost dying several times, and he still has a positive outlook on life.

Casey Doherty & Courtney Milot

Casey spoke with her good friend, Courtney, about living with invisible disabilities. Casey has myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), formerly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, which was triggered by a COVID infection in 2021. In addition to ME and Long COVID, Casey...

Gisele Bazan & Scott Acord

Gisele talks about being a nurse educator during the COVID-19 pandemic as it hit Lubbock, TX and educating new nurses.