Heroes Of The COVID Crisis: How Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney is helping to ensure that vital services are accessible to 100% of New Mexicans

What gives me hope is that this pandemic has provided an opportunity for people to reflect and reprioritize. Many of us have now seen just how much of our lives were “extra” and how much time and money we would spend in normal times on things that really don’t matter. If we can all slow down, cut out some of the clutter, and focus on what people really need to survive and thrive, we have a real opportunity to recover from this in a meaningful and possibly game-changing way. This crisis has really demonstrated to a lot of people that first we need to survive- which means access to basic things like food and housing, and then we can thrive. That has been the missing piece from so many conversations and…