Buckelew’s La Maternidad y Esperanza Program helped me during the most difficult time of my life. We were going through COVID when my daughter was 2-year-old. I couldn’t work, because I was taking care of my daughter, and then my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer. Our financial situation was practically zero.

At seventeen, Lucy’s world felt overwhelming. A traumatic family event, combined with the pressures of high school and college applications, set her on a path of debilitating anxiety. “I just felt really awful, and didn’t want to feel that way ever again,” she remembers. This experience led her to seek professional support.