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Zaheer Turtem is seated looking up at a demonstration.

Zaheer Turtem watches a demonstration during a nursing class at the University of Connecticut. Turtem said his mom, who is a nurse, would never come back from work frustrated or regretful, even if she was tired after a long shift. “She enjoyed it. I can only hope to be like her one day,” Turtem said. Yehyun Kim / CT Mirror