Episode 11. Maria in New Jersey

In this episode I'll be talking to Maria in New Jersey. Maria lost her father to COVID in October of 2020, just a few days after he'd retired to Costa Rica. When vaccines were announced to the public in early 2021, Maria tried to get her mom, her husband and herself on the list to be vaccinated and had trouble making the appointments. Once she figured out how to navigate New Jersey's online scheduling system, Maria made it her mission to help as many seniors as possible get their vaccination appointments.  She thought to herself, how could my dad have done this? And so she helped others in her dad's honor.

Here are some links to the news articles about Maria's service to her community, but as she said to me, she'd give up all that publicity to have her dad back.

https://www.facebook.com/TheDrewBarrymoreShow/videos/542150353434802/

https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a35589162/new-jersey-facebook-group-covid-vaccine-appointments/

For context on this interview and the ever-changing pandemic, we recorded this episode on October 5, 2021. 

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