More than a quarter century ago, a social worker helped a teenage mother cope with some of the struggles that come from being a parent at an early age. That teenager was Michelle Shangin, who today says the experience motivated her to enter the field herself many years later.

There were some silver linings to the panic and scramble of redirecting an in-person event with hundreds of registrants to an online conference held in March 2020.

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.

Eleven Arizona State University online undergraduate and graduate degree programs ranked among the top three in their categories in the country by U.S. News & World Report.