Jessica Sanchez

Have you ever known exactly what you feel, but struggled to say it in English? Maybe the words come more easily in Spanish. Maybe a phrase from your childhood carries a weight that its English translation cannot hold. Maybe you move between Spanish, English, and Spanglish depending on the memory, the person, or the emotion. That is not confusion. That is not a weakness. Language is part of how we understand ourselves. For many Latina women, receiving mental health support in the language that...

Finding mental health support can be difficult. Finding care that understands your culture, language, identity, family history, and lived experience can feel even harder. For many Black and Latina women, the barriers are real: provider shortages, high costs, limited insurance coverage, language differences, stigma, and mistrust rooted in painful experiences with healthcare systems. You may have searched for a therapist only to find that no one is accepting new clients. You may be worried...

There are nights when healing looks like a therapy appointment. And there are nights when it looks like sharing popcorn in the stands, watching a child chase a foul ball, laughing with people who understand where you come from, and remembering that community can hold us, too. This September, Daughters of Both Suns is bringing that kind of healing to the ballpark with Home Runs for Hope, a special fundraiser with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. It is a family-friendly night built around joy,...