050820 Three-Time Islander Alumna Serving in Epicenter of COVID-19 Pandemic

Braving the frontlines in the epicenter of the nation’s COVID-19 virus outbreak, three-time Islander alumna Ashley Hughes `11, `14, `18, is hard at work at Queens Hospital in Queens County, New York, as a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve as well as an adjunct faculty member of A&M-Corpus Christi’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Deployed on April 5, Hughes was given just over 24 hours’ notice to get to her assigned unit before wheels were up and off to aid first responders in need, leaving her family, friends, and home behind. No matter the sacrifice, her goal is to keep people healthy and safe.