CARING FOR

Since her childhood, Carolyn Barrow, pictured top left, showed an aptitude for caregiving by taking care of her older sister, Valerie, who had cri-duchat syndrome. CONTRIBUTED

By Jacqueline Hale

With tuition, textbooks, food and housing, college expenses are hefty, especially for a nursing student who also bears the costs of printing, uniforms and program fees. But scholarships offered by the local Rotary clubs helped alleviate this financial burden for 2017 Coral Shores graduate Carolyn Barrow, launching her into a nursing career amid COVID-19.

Barrow was born a caregiver.

“Never in my mind was it not normal,” Barrow said. “My family always jokes, it's just something I always did.”