Building the Future of Latino Mental Health via the Futuro Fund

About this episode

Vanessa interviews Dr. Angela Vargas about the Futuro Fund and its impact on Latino mental health professionals.

What does it look like when a community invests in its own future? In this special Podcasthon episode, Vanessa sits down with Dr. Angela Vargas - licensed psychologist and inaugural Futuro Fund board member - to share the story behind the Latino Mental Health Association of New Jersey's scholarship program that is changing the trajectory for the next generation of Latinx mental health professionals. From a small group of psychologists meeting in a basement 27 years ago to a two-day annual con...

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa De Jesus Guzman

Guest: Dr. Angela Vargas

Topics covered

• Latino mental health
• scholarship program
• community investment
• mental health professionals
• Futuro Fund

Keywords

• Latino mental health
• Futuro Fund
• scholarship
• mental health professionals
• community investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Latino Mental Health Association of New Jersey

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