All month long, Ellen and the show
are celebrating frontline workers.
And there are two frontline workers in our audience
today that I want to meet.
Where are Faith Martin and Priscilla Pantoja?
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So Faith, where are you from and what do you do?
Hi, I'm Faith.
I'm an elementary school teacher from Boston, Mass.
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And Priscilla, same question, sorry.
Hi, I'm Priscilla Pantoja.
I'm a registered nurse from Jacksonville, Florida-- woo!
[APPLAUSE]
And Faith, you're a fourth grade teacher.
And you did something really special for your students.
Tell everybody about it.
So last summer, at the end of the school year,
I wanted to make sure that all of my students
had access to the novel that we were reading in class.
A lot of my students were struggling with reading online,
so I actually purchased the book and an additional book
for each student, and drove around Boston, delivering them
to each of their homes.
So it was a great experience.
The kids were super excited to see me.
And it was really helpful in having
them complete our novel study.
That's so amazing.
How is it going to virtual classes?
It's definitely been a huge adjustment,
but my students have been awesome.
They have worked so hard.
And I'm so proud of them.
There was a few technological issues at first, making sure
that everyone got set up.
But once those were worked out, they've been doing awesome.
My school has worked really hard to make sure each student has
a computer to work on.
So it's been great.
Wow, and Priscilla, your first day at work as a nurse
was the beginning of the pandemic.
Yeah, so I was licensed in February.
And I started working in March as a new nurse at the COVID
testing sites.
[APPLAUSE]
Pretty amazing.
I don't know if you heard, but it
is Ellen's Month of Giving Thanks,
and all month long, we're saying thank you to amazing frontline
workers like you guys.
So we want to give you a chance to win a prize.
After the break, we're going to play a new game called,
don't go chasing waterfalls.
So grab your life vest and hat.
And we'll play when we come back.
We're back with frontline workers Faith and Priscilla.
And as I promised right before we
showed what I hope were Grape Nuts commercials,
we are going to play Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls.
[MUSIC PLAYING - TLC, "WATERFALLS"]
(SINGING) Don't go chasing waterfalls.
That's right.
(SINGING) Listen to the rivers and the lakes
that you're used to.
Twitch and I are going to compete against each other.
And you two will be our virtual rafters.
Priscilla, you're going to be playing with tWitch.
Faith, you're stuck with me.
Here's how this game works.
Twitch and I will throw beanbags at those boards
right over here.
The more points we score, the faster our teammate
moves to the waterfall.
And the first one to send their teammate down the waterfall
wins.
You ready, tWitch?
I'm ready.
All right, you go first, one, two, three, go.
Go tWitch!
You're a lady, you go first.
All right.
Go ahead.
Go Sarah!
Oh.
Twitch, you got this.
Go, Sarah.
You got this.
Almost, keep going.
Oh, so close.
You got it.
Come on.
Brush it off, brush it off.
Oh, screw it.
Woo, you see that one go in?
Oh, God, I thought I was doing good.
All right, well, Priscilla, you won.
Congratulations, congratulations to us.
We knew that you're living at home so you
can afford to go to college.
And we want to help.
So Shutterfly loves what you do to help your community.
So they want to pay off your last year of school.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
Faith, you aren't going home empty handed either.
Are winning a 65-inch 4K TCL TV.
Oh my gosh, this feels really light.
Oh, there's not even a TV in here.
Hold on-- Faith, we know you've been
putting your money towards your students and not your rent.
So Shutterfly wants to help you, too.
They're going to cover your rent for a year.
We're going to be right back.