“Most parents don’t believe in mental health and they consider therapy a luxury,” Guerrero said. “But it’s really important to address it, our immigrant families need it the most right now.” Unfortunately, in the Latino immigrant community, people struggle with having to pay for basic healthcare, most of which doesn’t cover therapy.
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She encourages the undocumented and children of undocumented immigrants in the audience to continue to “work hard to regain that voice taken from us.” Fortunately, Chicago is a sanctuary city, which is a city that limits its cooperation with the national government to enforce immigration law, but who knows how long it will remain that way.
Guerrero says it’s very important to love oneself in order to move forward and continue to help others. “I know my family loves me, but the hardest part is to love myself,” she said. During the talk, she announced that she will be meeting with actresses Gina Rodriguez and America Ferrera in the following weeks to develop a plan to empower their Latino community on and behind the screen.
