Local medical and nursing school graduates prepare to enter the front lines during the pandemic

Local medical and nursing school graduates prepare to enter the front lines during the pandemic

Richelle Roelandt Lu Homo, who recently graduated from the UC Irvine School of Medicine, said she is ready to begin working in a hospital despite anxieties posed by the pandemic. “We are entering the world of medicine with greater responsibility,” Lu Homo said. “That increased level of responsibility is scary but exciting because it means we are doing something right.”