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This piece is part of our first-annual Health Care Heroes series, where we spotlight people doing amazing things in the health care and medical fields. Read the rest of the stories here .

DESMOND AND DARIEN Sutton grew up on a different type of learning.

Their mother, who spent 32 years as a pediatric ICU nurse, taught them how to care with a gentle character and a disposition that accommodates a multitude of social mores.

Their father, a criminal defense attorney, moonlighted as the twins’ “enabler of creativity.” He taught them how to remain stout in the face of doubt and to understand that everybody has a story that shapes them.

Some days the twins would watch their mom at work. Other days, they’d watch their dad.…