J Vasquez pasó 25 años preso desde los 16 por violencia pandillera ligada a trauma infantil. Hoy, a los 49, sanó y trabaja como director de política en CURYJ, escribiendo leyes para ayudar a otros.
Mental health
J Vasquez spent 25 years incarcerated for gang violence rooted in childhood trauma. Now 49, he's healed, works as CURYJ's Policy Director, and helps writes laws to help others come home.
A Watts family endures 6 months of separation after ICE detains devoted father of four, José Padilla, straining finances, mental health, and the children's wellbeing.
Stigma prevents Korean Americans from seeking mental help with only 48% with depression getting treatment vs. 64%overall. Psychologists weigh in on why the silence and shame endures.
Agentes de ICE dispararon 7 veces a Carlos Mendoza, inmigrante salvadoreño, durante un control de tráfico en Patterson, CA. Ahora está detenido enfrentando cargos, mientras su pareja e hija pequeña enfrentan su ausencia.
ICE agents shot Salvadoran immigrant Carlos Mendoza 7 times during a Patterson, CA traffic stop. He's now detained and facing charges while his partner and young daughter cope with his absence.
A shared ethnicity doesn't always guarantee the right therapist. Two South Asian women's stories show what culturally competent mental health care really requires.