LAN LIN
DR. FRANKLIN SYLVESTER ’10
Teacher & Parent
Pediatrics resident at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, treating COVID-19 cases during the NYC outbreak in March
Organized thousands of PPE donations from China for first responders
BEN ’17 & WILL ’16 COLLIER
Made hundreds of fabric masks for neighbors and essential workers
Parent Infectious Disease Physician, Midstate Medical Center, Meriden, CT
ANDREA BOISSEVAIN ’78
Started a nonprofit connecting farmers with produce going to waste with food banks in need
CARLY SLAGER ’21
DR. STEPHEN SCHOLAND
Director of Health for Stratford, CT
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s the United States began to feel the effects of the surge of COVID-19 cases throughout March and April of 2020, the Hopkins School Alumni Office began to hear stories of alumni, parents, faculty, and students who were stepping up and doing great things to help in their community. An open call for nominations was put out to the wider Hopkins community to recognize a Hopkins Hero. The individuals on this page represent essential workers, medical professionals, home sewers and makers, volunteers, and entrepreneurs who were featured on Hopkins’ social media and website throughout April and May of 2020. Please visit hopkins.edu/hopkins-heroes to read their stories in full. Turn the page to read the stories of three more Hopkins Heroes.
DAVID JUDD ’20 Volunteered to deliver food to families in need from the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen in New Haven, CT
DR. PAIGE ARMSTRONG ’02 Epidemiologist tracking the spread of COVID-19 in the United States
TODD RAGAZA ’93 Used 3-D printing skills to make PPE for first responders nationwide
DR. RICHARD CHUNG ’96 Director of Adolescent Medicine, Duke Children’s Hospital
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