Southern Ocean Nurse Named A Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch Hero

MANAHAWKIN, NJ — When times are tough, heroes emerge. We all know someone who's making a difference right now as we live through unprecedented and changing times.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize these heroes making a difference in their communities. Together with Ring, we're working to let all your neighbors know about these outstanding people and their stories.

This submission comes from Eric Soberano, who nominated his spouse, Valerie Soberano.

Name: Valerie Soberano

State: NJ

Home town: Barnegat-Manahawkin

Hero's job: Health Care

Relationship to nominee: Spouse

Reason for recognition: Valerie has been resilient in taking care of not only people with COVID-19 but with patients in general. She has exceeded in her role as a registered nurse at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin and our family and friends are very proud of her.

One thing to know: Overall, she’s caring.

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