Through a new LA County project, young Latino share their stories about their mental health struggles, while becoming advocates.
Her mom crossed the Mexico-U.S. border alone right before she was born, and had to face many challenges as a new immigrant here. In high school, Flores says she experienced crippling anxiety attacks that made it hard for her to even get out of bed some days.This is the web version of our How To LA newsletter.Become a sponsor
Flores was eventually diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. It wasn’t an easy journey to get help and, after her diagnosis, Flores realized she wanted to help others through their mental health struggles. On top of starting graduate school at Pepperdine University to become a clinical psychologist, she is a participant in a new film project that aims to empower Latino youth to become mental health advocates for themselves and others. The goal: to break long-held mental health stigmas in their communities by sharing their own stories.
“Being a Latina of a first generation low-income family, I learned to understand that mental health was... stereotyped and stigmatized in various different ways,” Flores explains. My colleague Robert Garrova spoke with Flores and other young people involved in the the project — a joint initiative between motivational speaker Josof Sanchez and L.A. County. Read more about this effort in his latest
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