Mental Health for Latinx Communities, 2019

I collaborated with Rethinking Manhood and Monroe Communities Coalition to research and document the experiences and perspectives of the Latinx community regarding access to — or lack of — mental health services in Washington state. Drawing from my personal network, I invited community members to participate in on-camera interviews, where I asked them a series of questions about their relationships with mental health care.

The result is a series of six videos, each centered around a specific prompt reflecting the participants’ individual and collective experiences. The interviewees represent a diverse mix of genders, generations, immigration statuses, and national backgrounds within the Latinx community in King/Snohomish county.

The video is a compilation of these six interviews. The project was sponsored by the Washington State Health Care Authority and was created for educational use, particularely by mental health providers.