Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Ahead of Print.
This study examines Latinx students’ use of digital storytelling to address mental health issues. Through participant observation and focus groups, we explore participants’ engagement in art-based work within a group mediated context where issues of depression, anxiety, and stress were discussed. Participants achieved relational development and self-actualization through the enactment of three practices: (a) acknowledgment and naming of their emotions, (b) group validation and support, and (c) reinterpretation of themselves as empowered creators.