Ysabel Garcia brings cultural experiences to training

When we talk about minority groups being under-served in mental health care, the focus tends to be on problems of limited access, a lack of diversity among providers or stigma around seeking care. What is mentioned less frequently, however, is the issue of the quality of the care received.
According to a KFF/CNN survey published in May, people of color receive mental health care at lower rates than white people and report more unfair treatment by health care providers.
For Ysabel Garcia, MPH, first-hand experience in the U.S. mental health care system and how it treats people from other cultures set her on a path to affect the type of change she wishes she had received.
After her family immigrated from the Dominican Republic when she was a ...