{"id":331649,"date":"2025-05-21T16:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=331649"},"modified":"2025-05-20T23:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T04:38:05","slug":"mom-son-careers-inspired-nurses-premature-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mom-son-careers-inspired-nurses-premature-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom and son’s careers inspired by nurses who helped after son’s premature birth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A mother and son have built a <\/span>family healthcare legacy<\/span><\/a> rooted in the same maternal support program that once guided them through crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

KEY TAKEAWAYS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Single mom Jenny Lopez had a nine-year-old when her second child was born at 32 weeks. Because of the help she received through a field home visiting program for mothers \u2014 and because of her own mother’s servant heart \u2014 she became a nurse.<\/li>\n
  • Today, Lopez’s premature son, Julian, is also studying to be a nurse and is inspired by his mother’s hard work and sacrifice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    THE BACKSTORY:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Jenny Lopez was already a young mother to one child when she experienced <\/span>two major shocks<\/span><\/a> – the unexpected death of her own mother and the premature birth of her second son, Julian Molina-Lopez, at 32 weeks\u2019 gestation. The experience led her to become a San Francisco public health nurse \u2014 and now, <\/span>in a full-circle moment, Julian is studying to become a nurse himself at age 23.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u201cI take pride in following in her footsteps, and I know that she loves it. It\u2019s a bond that we share,\u201d Julian remarked about his mother. \u201cShe’s worked so hard that she can do anything she puts her mind to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n