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Together, Mother And Daughter Social Workers Face New Challenges In A Pandemic

Lauren Magaña and Michelle Huston work with elderly patients. It's challenging work that's been even tougher during the pandemic. They care for people at the end of their lives, now from a distance.
Michelle Huston, left, and her daughter, Lauren Magaña, reflected on their careers as social workers during their first interview with StoryCorps in Atlanta in 2018.

Lauren Magaña followed in her mother's footsteps when she became a social worker. It's been a most challenging year for both of them. They work mostly with elderly patients — those particularly vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic. But Magaña and her mom, Michelle Huston, have been able to lean on one another.

Huston, now 50, and Magaña, 26, first recorded a StoryCorps interview in 2018 — long before the pandemic had figured into

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