The pandemic has had an immeasurable impact on families. In some cases, for their protection,  we held our families at arms length. In others, we had a chance to hold them closer than usual.

For Nellie Calanni, however, the pandemic simply reinforced what she learned as the firstborn first-generation American in a tight-knit Italian family: Family comes first. Nellie shares her story with Jennifer Malcolm on this episode of the Jennasis Speaks podcast.