Ferrera, Maria J. PhD, LCSW; Sacks, Tina K. PhD; Perez, Miriam BS; Nixon, John P. BS; Asis, Dale MA; Coleman, Rev Walter L. MA
Department of Social Work, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Ferrera); School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley (Dr Sacks); Centro Sin Fronteras, Chicago, Illinois (Ms Perez and the Rev Mr Coleman); Rush Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Mr Nixon); and Bayanihan Foundation, Chicago, Illinois (Mr Asis).
Correspondence: Maria J. Ferrera, PhD, LCSW, Department of Social Work, DePaul University, 1 East Jackson Blvd,#905, Chicago, IL 60604 ([email protected]).
The authors give special thanks to all study participants who have shared their story. They also thank DePaul's Steans Center for Community-Based Service Learning, Center for Latino Studies, and the University Research Council's Public Service Grant for supporting this research, and Aracely Galvan, Bernadette Muloski, and Durrell Sheppard who have provided hours of research assistance on this project.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.