The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on Asian American communities across the United States. In addition to learning loss and social-emotional challenges for children in schools, families faced a rise in racist hate crimes and economic insecurity. In the second part of a series about an organization in Boston’s Chinatown addressing the needs of immigrant families, reporter Heidi Shin profiles a young immigrant mother who learned to advocate for her family’s needs after her son receieved an autism diagnosis.