CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) Earlier this year, Michelle Fishburne found herself in a similar position to thousands of fellow North Carolinians: out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I was sitting in a parking lot at Target. It was about July 15, and after 86 customized cover letters, I still did not have a job, Fishburne recalled.
Her lease was up at the end of the month, and she didn t know where she would tell the movers to bring her belongings. That s when she had an idea inspired by the popular social media account Humans of New York to document people s experiences during the pandemic.