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Chicago Student Becomes First Generation Grad Amid Family Challenges During Pandemic
Shehrose Charania, whose parents immigrated from Pakistan, became the first person from her family to graduate college during the COVID-19 pandemic. She had to overcome many struggles to get there, including moving back into her parents' small home after the dorms shut down, caring for her mother—and herself—when they both caught COVID, and helping her dad pay for basic necessities after he lost his job.