Summary: GROWING UP LATINO. Researchers come together to discuss the mental-health challenges faced by Latino youth in the United States. A study conducted by a prestigious campus in California on mental-health services and obstacles faced by Latino youth found that acculturation issues, poverty, poor housing, inadequate transportation, abuse, trauma, language barriers, social exclusion and discrimination all affect Latino youth and contribute to depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and anxiety disorders. In this program, guests discuss those findings and give a glimpse about the forum "Growing Up Latino and Surviving to 25," to be held this evening on the UC Davis campus. Guests: Maria Hinojosa, Award-winning journalist and Host of the National Public Radio program "Latino USA," The Futuro Media Group, New York, NY, www.futuromediagroup.org; Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Director, UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Davis, CA, www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/crhd.
