When Yaneth Flores first moved to Albany, in upstate New York, in 2008, she needed some time to get used to the sleepiness of a small city. She had been working at a fish market near Boston, where she lived after fleeing violence and a bleak economy in El Salvador. She met her husband in Albany and eventually settled into life there. But ever since the start of the pandemic, she has not been not herself. Ms. Flores managed child care duties from home for their young daughter, who was born premature and developed asthma.

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Persons: Yaneth Flores, Flores, ”, “ Locations: Albany, New York, Boston, El Salvador