‘You Have to Start at the Beginning Here’

Laura Gallardo is a trained chemical engineer, able to perform quality control on products for multinational companies in their food labs. But she didn’t want to put her bachelor’s degree…

What We Can Learn about Welcoming Newcomers

Recently, I was in Los Angeles for work and got a text from my friend Jana (name changed for privacy), who is one of the first Syrian refugees resettled in…

Ongoing Challenges for Prison Mental Health Program

Prisoners with mental illness continue to struggle for recognition and services in a changing behavioral health care system at the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), according to a recent report…