Episode 49: Mental health through the eyes of a first-generation Latina w/ Maria Alfaro

Maria is a first-generation Salvadoran-American.  She was born and raised in Yonkers, New York. She lived in Florida for a few years throughout her childhood but eventually made her way back to her hometown.  With most of her family living in Yonkers, she has always had strong ties to the city.  As a teenager and a student of Lincoln High School in Yonkers, NY, Maria began to teach herself about mental conditions through their Scientific Research program in hopes of understanding her mom better. This sparked her passion to learn more about the human mind, as she went off to earn a bachelor’s in behavioral sciences.     As so, she recently founded a nonprofit organization named Que Paso Latinx, Inc. Her mission with Que Paso Latinx is to educate and empower the Latinx community by scaling the conversation on mental health in hopes of destigmatizing the topic. @quepasolatina  @quepasolatinx