SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2006 Judd: The New York Spanish language newspaper El Diario/La Prensa has just completed a remarkable series on the staggering attempted suicide rates among Latina teenagers. The series, written by Elaine Rivera, focuses on the often suffocating conditions facing Latina girls today and the findings of Dr. Luis Zayas from the Washington […]
Julio 12, 2006 By Elaine Rivera http://juantornoe.blogs.com/hispanictrending/2006/07/page/7/ Five years ago when she was 10 years old, Bronx teenager Janine was molested. As she became more depressed over the incident, her thoughts kept turning to death. “I just didn’t want to be here anymore,” Janine recalled. “I thought it would be better if I was gone.” […]
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LATINA TEENAGERS FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES SPECIAL TO THE … JUNE 21,2016 Ymalay Rodríguez dreams of singing at Madison Square Garden. Until recently, however, instead of having ambitions for her future, the 16-year-old was intent on thwarting it through several attempts to end her own life.The Bronx resident of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent belongs […]