Pandemic Prayers COVID Took Her Father, Cancer Threatens Her Mother. But A High School Senior Still Has Her Faith Share Anne Laurie Pierre is an exceptional student. She takes advanced classes, plays three sports and was recently elected senior class president at Everett High School. But, as she has shared as part of GBH News' COVID and the Classroom series, she and her family have been especially hit hard by the pandemic. Her father died of COVID-19; her mother's battling cancer and has been unable to work; and Anne Laurie juggles a job and caring for younger siblings with remote classes. Here Anne Laurie shares a glimpse of one way she has coped during a senior year shaped by COVID — leaning into her faith.