Program helps Hispanic teens through depression - San Antonio

“Kira was spotted and steered to Blakeney in late November by Joy Gonzales, a peer facilitator in Talk It Up, Texas, a depression awareness program aimed at Hispanics that is now in its second year at Harlandale.

The girl and her mother were connected to several agencies and began individual and family counseling. But Kiras depression worsened, and she started having flashbacks of the abuse, a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder.”

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