On November 15, 2021, Director Maria Cristina Fuentes joined Arizona State University (ASU), Morrison Institute for Public Policy's State of Our State: The Role of Public Policy in Sustaining Pandemic-Era Innovations 2021 Virtual Convening. Director Fuentes participated in a panel discussion around the significant innovations that COVID-19 sparked in Arizona, where public policy proved sufficiently flexible to accommodate innovation, and where policy change will be required to sustain adaptations worth keeping around.