Monica Lee has 12 employees and runs her own business in St. Louis, Missouri.

But she can't leave the house without being asked where she's going, who she's going

with, and when she'll be home.

It's kind of like I was about being a teenager.

Lee is 28.

She lives at home with her sister, parents, and 97-year-old grandmother.

She used to work in China doing PR, but then the pandemic hit while she was vacationing

here in America.

I essentially got locked out of the country when the borders closed and they weren't letting

anyone back in or frankly out.

She started working remotely from her parents' home and then her contract ended.

And then the pandemic was still ongoing, so I didn't see a reason to move out and try

to find my own place.

Things soon got better.

Lee, who's Korean American, recently opened up a Korean dessert cafe in her hometown.

But living at home has not always been easy.

I had my full social life and my full work life in China.

I had my independence and privacy essentially coming home.

You know, all of that's gone.

It's definitely tough with the generational clashes with the language and cultural barriers

as well.

Lee is among the quarter of adult Americans who live in multi-generational households,

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