Welcome to the My Rebound blog — part of The Rebound West Michigan by FOX 17.
A group of local bloggers are here to share how they're trying to rebound from the various impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on their lives.
They talk about getting back to work, making ends meet and their mental health. How they're getting through this time, and how they're moving forward.
A mom. A dad.
A restaurant owner.
And a bartender and cosmetologist who's rebounding from unemployment due to COVID-19.
These are their Rebound stories:
Kendra Bylsma: Mom
Kendra is a mom, wife and fitness enthusiast. She is married with four kids: a 1-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son, 5-year-old son, 10-year-old daughter and 16-year-old bonus son. They also have an 11-year-old Weimaraner dog. A native to Grand Rapids, she graduated from Calvin College with a B.A. in exercise science and played four years of collegiate basketball. She was recently nominated as a Distinguished Alumni. She is the owner and lead coach of Allegro Coaching in Grand Rapids, which she founded in 2009. There, she provides oversight and direction to all the corporate coaching models, product development and producing “one-of-a-kind” results as a personal trainer. She does a variety of community presentations and corporate consulting in addition to teaching group fitness and 1-to-1 trainings at the studio. She lives in Tallmadge Township.Ace Marasigan: Dad
Ace emigrated from Manila, Philippines in 1993 and has made Grand Rapids his home since 1998. He desired for his son to feel both pride in and connection to his Filipino heritage. So he founded the Grand Rapids Asian-Pacific Festival. It is now a community-wide initiative that extends beyond a single event to year-round activities that honor Asian traditions. Also a banker, he recently resigned from his position – now staying full-time with his 6-year-old son. Ace, his wife, son and dog live in Plainfield Township.Jessica Ann Tyson: Restaurant owner
Jessica Ann founded The Candied Yam, a Grand Rapids restaurant serving Southern cuisine, in 2016. She is also the owner of JA PR Group in Grand Rapids. As a philanthropist, over the past 12 years, she has been able to award over $115,000 in scholarships to high school and college students. She has been in West Michigan for about 25 years. Born in Lansing, Jessica Ann lived in a foster home until she was 7. She found her forever family at 8 in Kalamazoo. She is married with a daughter who just graduated high school and an adult son. She lives in Kentwood.Tori Flynn: Was unemployed due to COVID-19
Tori is rebounding from unemployment due to the coronavirus. She is now back working as a bartender at the River Stop Saloon in Newaygo and as a cosmetologist at The Freckled Fawn in Fremont. She is married and lives in Fremont. 
