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Earlier this year, many discussions among families, friends and colleagues centered around the looming date of March 11, when we would officially be one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. The date, now come and gone, was met with both fear and hope, pessimism and optimism. On one hand, the fact that this deadly pandemic has continued for an entire year and still has no clear end date is a horrifying thought in and of itself. On the other hand, we can feel proud of ourselves for having made it through an entire year, and hopeful because reaching the one-year mark means we've become closer to reaching the end. There's optimism due to the increasingly speedy rollout of vaccines, yet pessimism as we continue to hear about rising case counts and new virus variants.

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Natasha Chilingerian

Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.