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Learn more at plus.nPR.org. We're children of immigrants who are straddling two worlds. Mental health can be a unique struggle.

According to a 2020 study, children of immigrants have nearly double the rate of

psychological distress as their immigrant parents and this population is only growing.

One in four children in the U.S. is a child of immigrants, as according to a survey by KFF and

the LA Times.

How to deal with the expectations, guilt, and dialogues of the bicultural experience can be a difficult road to navigate.

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She's the creator of Brown Girl Therapy, that's an online mental health space for children of immigrants,

black people, and other people of color.

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navigating the bicultural experience.

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