The walk-in clinic at Canyon Hills High School — formerly Serra High School -- was just the convenience Rowena Orila was looking for when she heard the news at work that Pfizer's vaccine received emergency FDA clearance for 12 to 15-year-olds.
“When I got to the house I rushed in and told my sister, ‘Hey! Let’s get Gabe vaccinated," she said.
Gabriel, 13, is the only one in his family who's not yet vaccinated. With a summer trip to Virginia planned, he and his aunt raced to Canyon Hills, one of SDUSD's eight walk-in vaccine clinics, hoping to get his shot.
“I don't want to spread it to my family and everyone else I’m near. I have a grandma I want to take care of and she's really old and I don’t want her to pass away so soon," Gabriel said.