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Joy Perez is interviewed by her friend Doug MacGregor through the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in Feb. 2024.

StoryCorps Fort Myers: Long-time Lee Schools’ educator talks about her life, relocating to SW Florida, and giving back while in retirement

In this installment from the StoryCorps Mobile Tour visit to Fort Myers in Feb. 2024, Doug MacGregor interviews his friend Joy Perez about her life including growing up in Ohio, the Kent State shooting, relocating to Southwest Florida, her 34 year-long teaching career with Lee County Schools, and continuing to give back now, while in retirement.

In this photograph taken on June 8, medical personnel treat COVID-19 patients at the intensive care unit of the Muhammad Ali Jinnah Hospital in Kabul.

A Crippling 3rd Wave Of COVID Adds To Afghanistan's Woes

The beleaguered nation is seeing a surge. The lack of testing means it's difficult to know the extent. One doctor says his Facebook feed is 30% to 40% of notices about those who died of the virus.

StoryCorps Shorts: 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon

In August 2005, Travis Williams and his squad were sent on a rescue mission in Iraq.

Eleanor Roosevelt, shown here in London in 1959, continued to work on behalf of progressive causes after her tenure as First Lady ended.

Volume 3 Of Eleanor Roosevelt Biography Chronicles The Rise Of An Activist

Feminist historian Blanche Wiesen Cook published the first volume of her biography of Roosevelt in 1992. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the newly released final volume is exhausting and exhilarating.

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