About this episode

Lisbeth Bencosme shares her experience of surviving gun violence and healing from postpartum depression.

In 2022, 18-year-old Lisbeth Bencosme was shot four times on a sidewalk in Harlem. She was a new mom at the time, and it was her faja, a staple postpartum girdle for many Latinas, that would keep her alive until medics arrived. In this episode, we meet Lisbeth, a true badass New Yorker who takes us on her path healing from gun violence and postpartum depression, in a country where there’s little support for either.   Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Follow the show to get every episode. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts. Follow us on  TikTok  and  YouTube . Subscribe to our  newsletter .   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Maria Hinojosa

Guest: Lisbeth Bencosme

Topics covered

• gun violence
• postpartum depression
• Latina culture
• survival
• healing
• New York

Keywords

• gun violence
• postpartum depression
• Latina
• survival
• healing
• New York
• faja

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Latino USA, Futuro, iHeartPodcasts

Places: Harlem

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