The sisters' mother was a nurse for thirty years and always encouraged Jessica and Josephine in the same direction.
Profiles: Well-being
Meet remarkable Taos women working in health and education
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Practicing in Taos allows Linda to fill the role she wants as a healthcare provider – educating patients on medicine care, outpatient...
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Not only a passionate and accomplished emergency care practitioner, Christa is a serious cyclist. This year alone she has ridden in five...
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Kat is known for her work the Battered Women’s Project, the Children’s Saferoom, and the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program as...
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Lucy is author of Clinical Mastery in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain (2005) which has been translated into numerous languages.
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Josie has been seeking peace and justice and the well being of all humankind for as long as she can remember. As a practicing...
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Kathy has been mother, teacher, service provider, flamenco dancer – but these days, you can find her running the Taos First Steps program.
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Loretta is the first physician in her family, which has a tradition of curanderas. The integration of medicine and healing traditions is...
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Lucy directs the youth art education program at Harwood Museum of Art as well as programming for the Arthur Bell Auditorium.
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Now an emergency room nurse at Holy Cross Hospital, Annette began her medical career as a paramedic in 1985.