{"id":37249,"date":"2021-01-20T20:20:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T03:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=37249"},"modified":"2021-01-20T20:27:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T03:27:52","slug":"nurse-honored-to-sing-in-2021-virtual-inauguration-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/nurse-honored-to-sing-in-2021-virtual-inauguration-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"UCHealth nurse honored to sing in 2021 virtual inauguration celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UCHealth nurse Emily Worthem says she’s honored to be a part of “Celebrating America” event for President Joe Biden inauguration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 10 years old, Emily Worthem loved singing in choirs and acapella groups that performed for residents of nursing homes in Chicago, Ill., where she grew up.<\/p>\n

She could not have imagined that seeds planted then would lead her to become a nurse and to a national stage Wednesday to celebrate the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden.<\/p>\n

Worthem, 24, was part of the star-studded event \u201cCelebrating America,\u2019\u2019 a virtual concert honoring President\u00a0Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Because of the coronavirus pandemic,\u00a0 traditional presidential inaugural balls were not held. Instead, the Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks hosted the virtual celebration, along with stars Kerry Washington, Bruce Springsteen, Eva Longoria, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Demi Lovato and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor,\u2019\u2019 Worthem said of being included in Wednesday\u2019s sing-along with nurses from across the country who have cared for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. She began caring for COVID-19 patients in March, first in a hospital in San Antonio, Texas and now at UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a young singer in Chicago, Worthem could see how music lifted the spirits of residents in nursing homes.<\/p>\n