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Farhana Quayoum is, like most, struggling to adjust to life in the COVID-19 crisis.
Pictured here, Farhana Quayoum with two of her kids and other children at the Islamic Organization of North America in Warren, before Michigan’s stay-home order was issued.
While her day-to-day schedule hasn t changed much she homeschools her oldest and has three other kids four and under her concerns about everyday life have shifted. Her sister, a registered nurse, is working on the frontlines of the public health crisis, and she has elderly parents with underlying health conditions.
The second-generation Bangladeshi-American and former school teacher is trying to stay as informed as possible on how to protect her family.