ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The pandemic has had an immense impact on everyone.
Essential workers were weighed down by the constant stress of being out in the world exposed to COVID-19.
Parents juggled working from home while shepherding their children through virtual classrooms. Bar employees were laid off entirely — some haven’t worked in the industry in a year. And many senior citizens — most at risk from the virus — sequestered themselves in their own homes.
It was a trying year for graduates — both those who began college and those who entered the workforce for the first time — and business owners who were left to make a new normal for themselves and their customers.