Stories of Prospera

 

During the COVID-19 global pandemic, Prospera worked with UTSA Honors College during their 2020 8-week summer session to collect the stories of San Antonio residents living at Prospera properties and Prospera Resident Service Managers on how they are coping with changes, adjusting to the “new normal,” finding support and hope along the way through family, friends, and community.

Due to the CDC precautions with COVID-19, UTSA Honors College students interviewed and collected the stories via phone, Zoom video, or FaceTime recordings so the listener may hear some background noises (children, connectivity issues, etc.). Below you will hear the highlights of the interviewees’ stories. During this project, we discovered that together we have more commonalities than differences.

This project could not have been possible without the collaborative efforts of the UTSA Honors College.

Thank you to K. Jill Fleuriet, Ph.D., Acting Dean of the Honors College, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Amy Hauck, UTSA Honors College Lecturer, for welcoming the project ideas with open hearts and minds. Also thank you to the students of UTSA’s Honor College Service-Learning Course Home in the Time of COVID-19: Housing and Opportunity in San Antonio, who scheduled, collected, and professionally edited the stories.

And finally, thank you to the residents, Prospera Resident Service Managers, and Prospera Regional Service Managers who were willing to share their stories during the summer months (July-August 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Together, we are improving lives and building communities of hope and resiliency for tomorrow.

To listen to the clips below, click on the image of the interview you would like to hear.

We are tentatively scheduled to continue this project again in Spring 2022 with UTSA Honors College.

Since March 25, Prospera’s Resident Services Department has assisted over 1,700 families with Eviction Prevention, provided food assistance to over 7,000 people on 54,200 occasions, and conducted over 25,500 Wellness checks and Outreach services.