
CNN
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In May 2024, after 32 years living in Southern California, Karina Nuvo hit a wall.
Coming out of a pandemic-induced lull in the singing gigs that made her happy and left her feeling fulfilled, the two-time Grammy-nominated artist found herself under an incredible amount of stress.
She’d taken on jobs as a real estate agent and property manager at a Pasadena apartment building where she’d had a string of rough moments, including encountering a tenant dead in his apartment.
Nuvo was also busy taking care of her octogenarian father.
“I couldn’t focus on singing, I couldn’t focus on real estate, I had to put my…