How UCF students are helping at COVID-19 vaccination sites
Students get hands-on experience during pandemic
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Sites across Florida continue to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to thousands of people and University of Central Florida nursing students are playing a big role in that effort locally.
“The significance of the event it was just so exciting knowing that thousands of people were showing up to receive this vaccination that the world has been waiting for,” Katherine Moya, a senior at the UCF School of Nursing said. “There was a father who actually brought his son who has special needs and he was so relieved to be able to provide this opportunity for his son and they were coming all the way from New Smyrna Beach.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Faith Boles is one of the thousands of live entertainment performers who was laid off from their dream job due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’re just taking it one day, one moment, one minute at a time. That’s all you really can do. I think 2020 taught us that you really can’t plan anything,” said Boles, who’s been a professional actor for 17 years.
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In 2013, she moved from Savannah, Georgia to Orlando where her past seven years were spent performing at Walt Disney World until Dec. 30, 2020 when the company let her go as part of a massive layoff of cast members.