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Wizards of Waverly Place star Jennifer Stone is now working as a nurse to fight coronavirus
9 April 2020, 12:29
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"I just hope to live up to all of the amazing healthcare providers on the front lines now"
Jennifer Stone may be most famous for playing Harper Finkle in Wizards of Waverly Place but she is now a registered nurse.
Any real Disney Channel fan knows who Jennifer Stone is. Not only did the 27-year-old star as Alex Russo's (Selena Gomez) best friend in Wizards of Waverly Place, Harper Finkle, but she also played the titular character in the iconic Disney Channel movie: Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars. She's a huge part of so many of our childhoods and we've been stanning since 2007.
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However, what Disney Channel viewers may not realise is that Jennifer is now a nurse and she's fighting coronavirus.
Taking to her Instagram page yesterday (Apr 8), Jennifer said: "A very good friend of mine (@maiarawalsh) pointed out to me that today is #worldhealthday. It is also the day I went from a volunteer, then a student nurse, and now an RN resident. I just hope to live up to all of the amazing healthcare providers on the front lines now as I get ready to join them."
Jennifer also shared a photo of her IDS as a volunteer, a student nurse and as an official nurse resident. Jennifer decided to study to become a nurse in 2013 after she was diagnosed with Type 1.5 diabetes. Speaking to Beyond Type in 2016, she explained that she put acting on hold and study "to understand [her] body and the impact of Type 1".
While Jennifer still acts sporadically, nursing has become her full-time career and she will be working with other healthcare providers now to keep as many of us as safe as possible during the coronavirus crisis.
