Promoting Mental Health Careers and Improving Mental Health Outcomes Among Latinx Youth

By Sarah Underwood, Heather Diaz, Stephanie Manieri, and Magalli Larqué

“Before I started this program, if anybody ever said they had a mental illness, I’d probably immediately have thought that they were crazy. And I probably would have had this perspective that I myself could never have a mental illness because, as a Latina, I have to be strong and resilient. I can’t show signs of weakness because that’s not who we are.”

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