Coronavirus has contributed to a rise in mental health issues and has complicated efforts to provide treatment for people dealing with such issues. Still, Jennifer Jimenez, a Region nurse practitioner caring for the mental health of patients, said she remains a rose-colored glasses kind of girl, she said.
Coronavirus has contributed to a rise in mental health issues and has complicated efforts to provide treatment for people dealing with such issues.
Still, Jennifer Jimenez, a Region nurse practitioner caring for the mental health of patients, said she remains a rose-colored glasses kind of girl, she said.
The vaccine is a reason for hope, and the recent election is a catalyst for change, she said.
To rise from any major challenge or catastrophe, it becomes necessary to both see and see through the enemy standing in the way.
In 2020 and into the new year, COVID-19 soundly socked our nation, state and Region in the chops, and it did so on nearly every level of our humanity, society and economy.
But this is Northwest Indiana.
We re tough. We always have been.
And the examples abound of how our Region has looked COVID-19 in the eye, stared it down and then saw through the pandemic to a stronger Region waiting on the other side.
Today, we begin publishing a series of special sections over the next three Sunday s in The Times and on nwi.com that show real reasons for the hope we all long to feel.
Black, Latina and immigrant mothers are losing jobs as COVID-19 child care crisis grows Claire Thornton, USA TODAY
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Serena Wills starts her day by helping her son log on to his virtual classroom. She spends the next eight hours making sure he keeps the video camera on at all times and stays focused when he attends small group teaching sessions for students with learning disabilities.
Since she lost her job managing invoices as an administrative assistant, Wills has devoted her days to making sure her child is safe and healthy. She feeds him, helps him learn and, when the holiday season began, she asked friends and family to buy him Christmas gifts because she couldn t afford all the things on his list this year.
Serena Wills starts her day by helping her son log on to his virtual classroom. She spends the next eight hours making sure he keeps the video camera on at all times and stays focused when he attends small group teaching sessions for students with learning disabilities.
Since she lost her job managing invoices as an administrative assistant, Wills has devoted her days to making sure her child is safe and healthy. She feeds him, helps him learn and, when the holiday season began, she asked friends and family to buy him Christmas gifts because she couldn t afford all the things on his list this year.