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Only in Print: Principal Who Helped Students at Height Of Pandemic, Shifts Focus to the Elderly

Dr. Cristina Tancredi Cruz, principal of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy puts together care packages for elderly and homebound residents of the Corona community where the academy is located. (Photo: Currents News/NET-TV)

CORONA — A Catholic academy principal who spent the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic shopping for groceries for her students’ families is expanding her charitable mission now that the health crisis has hit the one-year mark.

Dr. Cristina Tancredi Cruz, principal of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy puts together care packages for elderly and homebound residents of the Corona community where the academy is located…


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