Health Care

Tassy, her husband JN, and daughter Marlia, 5, wait outside a pharmacy for a prescription to be filled at Monfort Family Clinic on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Evans, Colo. Photo by Tanya Fabian / Special to The Colorado Trust
Yuliana scrambled to get her daughter the help she needed as her daughter’s mental health worsened. Yuliana said her daughter tried to kill herself multiple times. The mother did not know what to do or how to get her daughter help. Eventually, Yuliana found an inpatient facility where the girl could receive treatment.
“It’s a sorrow and a big absence, more as a mother, in that moment I had to take her to the rehabilitation center because in my house I had a lot of fear that she would grab whatever thing [was] in the kitchen—she could grab a knife … so I was like, ‘How do I help her? How do I help her?’ It was a big desperation,” Yuliana said.
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