In the shadow of the frontline: USPS worker Yesenia Santiago survived COVID then lost her home in a fire but in spite of everything shows up each day
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
Yesenia Santiago prepares her mail for delivery at the USPS center in Springfield. The workload for postal workers in 2020 has increased with unpresidented numbers of people relying on post due to the pandemic. (Douglas Hook / MassLive)
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Yesenia Santiago, a United States Postal Service city carrier assistant has endured more than most after not only contracting COVID-19 but also losing her home in December. Regardless, she comes into work in Springfield to deliver mail, literally singing each morning as she arrives.