Photo: Roberto E. Rosales (’96 BFA, ’14 MA)
VAX SISTERS
Christina O'Connell
Gabriella Blakey
They nursed their mother through a serious bout of COVID and then they both contracted the illness themselves. So when the Duran sisters — one a nurse and the other a school administrator — were asked to stand up two of New Mexico’s largest COVID-19 vaccination efforts, they jumped in to meet the challenge. By Leslie Linthicum
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