After struggling for years to make ends meet, a daughter opened her home to her mother

On The Road After they struggled for years to make ends meet, a daughter opened her home to her mother .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-evening-news.jpg'); } By Steve Hartman Steve Hartman Correspondent Steve Hartman is a CBS News correspondent. He brings viewers moving stories from the unique people he meets in his weekly award-winning feature segment "On the Road." Read Full Bio Steve Hartman Updated on: May 8, 2026 / 8:50 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Boca Raton — Boca Raton is one of the wealthiest cities in Florida, but even along its golden sands, people still get stuck in fiscal undertows."I caught myself, like, worrying about things that I feel like no kid really should," 26-year-old Ana Duarte told CBS News. "...Like finances and housing and where I was going to lay my head down that night."As a child, Ana says she and her mother were homeless, struggling and constantly moving."She always wanted a home," said Anette Duarte, Ana's mother. "She always asked me for home…We went through very rough times."Anette worked long hours as a maid and took on other odd jobs. But she always felt that at least they had each other — the two of them against the world.Until high school, that is, when Ana started running out of patience and grace. She turned bitter, beginning to blame her mother for all those years of struggle. Ana eventually left home."She would always get mad at me, she think I didn't care," Anette said. "And I did care. But my hands were so tied up that I couldn't do it." "For my mom it was, like, torture," Ana said. "But there was no other option, because I didn't want to keep living these patterns. I wanted to build my life."Which she did. Ana graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a degree in social work and got a job with Food for the Poor, an international Christian relief organization.She also got her first real apartment, which she told Anette about immediate...