How to diversify Colorado’s behavioral health workforce? A new effort starts by training teens

“I think historically there’s always been a lot of mistrust and discrimination that’s been faced by racial and ethnic minoritized individuals like Black patients, American Indian patients and Latino patients,” Lilia Cervantes, a program leader and associate professor in the department of medicine at CU Anschutz, said. “To reduce mistrust, to improve culturally responsive care, I think we need to diversify the health care workforce.”