When she moved from Brazil to the United States, 10-year-old Elena Dos Santos didn't speak a word of English. For about 3 years, she couldn't understand her teacher or her classmates, leaving her in "8 hours of silence a day." Today, that same quiet student is the recipient of a competitive scholarship, not only ... Read More
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“Silence Isn’t the Same as Strength”: Scholarship Winner Elena Dos Santos on Finding Her Voice in Medicine
“Emergency Care Is the Final Step in a Long Chain of Missed Opportunities”: Scholarship Winner Joshua Jones on Fixing Healthcare’s Blind Spots
Joshua Jones has spent his career in positions that hover around the gaps in healthcare. Long before he arrived at medical school, Joshua started accumulating hands-on training in the back of an ambulance, in research labs and in communities where healthcare systems routinely fall short. His background ... Read More
Meet the 2026 Winners of the “Hope for Healing Scholarship”!
Last week, we introduced you to twelve outstanding finalists for this year’s “Hope for Healing Scholarship,” each with an inspiring story and a deep commitment to the field of behavioral health. Choosing from such a talented pool of finalists made the decision even more difficult, and even more meaningful. After ... Read More
2026 Finalists for Hope for Healing Scholarship Announced!
Meet Our 12 Finalists for the Hope for Healing Scholarship After receiving more than 1,400 applications from students across hundreds of colleges and universities, we are proud to introduce the 12 finalists for this year’s Hope for Healing Scholarship. This remarkable group represents dozens of academic pursuits, with ... Read More
A Tiny Therapy Dog with a Giant Mission: Willowbrook, 2025 First Responder Paws Winner
Meet Willowbrook: The Tiny Therapy Dog With a Giant Mission From a One-Pound Survivor to a Symbol of Strength “...our deputies are seeing so much trauma. Why don’t we have therapy dogs?” That question became the spark for what would grow into LASD’s countywide therapy dog program. Through the Blue ... Read More
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“FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD” LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE May 1, 2025 The first, annual “First Responder Community Impact Award,” hosted by the national behavioral health provider, FHE Health, is spotlighting first responder agencies and departments that are making a positive mental health impact in their ... Read More
2025 Graduate Hope for Healing Winner: The Power of “Feeling Seen and Heard”
Kim Koger doesn’t remember much from her early years in a foster home in South Korea — and the circumstances that brought her there are still hazy. Her birth parents had reportedly abandoned her at a police telephone booth. There was no birth certificate. Those first childhood memories are hard to access and faint ... Read More
2025 Hope for Healing Undergraduate Winner: Recovery and Resilience After a Brain Tumor
She first knew something was wrong in February 2021. “One day, out of nowhere, my right hand suddenly felt paralyzed,” recalled 18-year-old Catalina Artuz, in an interview with FHE Health. She couldn’t “scroll through her phone, open a door, or even hold a fork properly at lunch.” “It was as if there was a ... Read More
