Isabel Lopez, a third year student at Chico State studying agriculture science and education, has yet to receive her $800 student stimulus payment even though it appears on her financial aid documents.
Sabrina Hanes practices aerial dance as a way to manage her anxiety and stress at a park near her home in Los Molinos, CA. Hanes and her 5-year-old daughter, Aroara, lost their home and community in the Camp fire, which destroyed the town of Paradise in 2018.
Sisters Catherine “CJ” Hanson, left, and Linda Privatte, advocates for conservatorship of mentally ill individuals who are unable to care for themselves
Stacy Estes in front of his home in Sacramento, CA on April 7, 2021. Estes owes about $47,000 in child support debt to the state.
Nona Claypool, UC Berkeley student and transfer student coordinator
Carroll Fife, housing advocate and officer for the Oakland chapter of the NAACP, in West Oakland.
Jhonae Mazique became depressed after losing her hotel job in March 2020 and says caring for her puppy helps her get out of bed in the morning.
Larry Wilson, at the TL cafe and laundromat.
Leo Piilonen, Physicist.
Larry Yabroff and his wife, Mary, relax together during a visit at Chaparral House, the skilled nursing facility where Mary is a resident due to dementia, in February 2021. Both Mary and Larry have been vaccinated, allowing them to have non-socially distanced visits after nearly a year of not being allowed to touch.
Retired paramedic Jane Smith poses for a portrait behind a class door during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic at her home in San Francisco. Smith has signed up for the California Health Corps, a list of retired and part-time medical workers on stand-by for pandemic surges.
Anthony and Katie Zelensky, both school teachers and parents to three young daughters in Salinas, CA, say they have "lost the line between work and home," during the pandemic.
Julia Weber, who works on policy issues for the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Linda Jacobs, 71, at her home in Concord. Jacobs, who is at especially high risk for COVID-19 due to a number of health conditions including diabetes, asthma and heart disease, relies on the Multipurpose Senior Services Program to continue living independently