Brief but Spectacular: Bonding with Family and Friends during Pandemic | PBS NewsHour

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Summary:Medical student Choumika Simonis is sheltering in place in Harlem but will soon be a doctor on New York City’s front lines. Her mother, Clemene Vertus, who emigrated from Haiti in the 1980s, lives in Queens and has been working as a certified nursing assistant. Although the crisis has kept them apart, NewsHour brought them together to share their Brief But Spectacular take on each other.

April 30th, 2020 video and resource materials from PBS NewsHour.

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