The documentary <a href="http://somegirlsdoc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Some Girls”</a> tackles the issue of mental health in young Latinas in America. Maria and Julio talk to ITT All-Star <a href="https://twitter.com/RaquelCepeda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raquel Cepeda</a>, author and documentarian, about her film and how mental health is connected to beauty standards and cultural identity.

This episode was mixed by Jeanne Montalvo. 

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<a href="http://somegirlsdoc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch Raquel’s film “Some Girls”</a> for a look into mental health of young Latina Americans.</li>
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<a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/why-latinx-people-need-better-mental-health-support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This op-ed</a> on why Latinx people need better mental health support, via Teen Vogue.</li>
<li>This piece on how one woman <a href="https://hiplatina.com/dominican-mom-helped-embrace-afrolatina-beauty/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learned to embrace her Afro-Latina identity</a>, from HipLatina.
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