Episode 108: Empowering Girls through Policy

Into the Fold: Issues in Mental Health

For twenty-five years, Girls Empowerment Network has been helping young women across Texas discover that they are unstoppable. They have done so by laser-focusing their curriculum on one critical component: building self-efficacy, which is a girl’s belief in her ability to succeed. On this episode of the Into the Fold, we are joined by Vanessa Beltran, newly hired Mental Health Policy Fellow for Girls Empowerment Network, and her policy mentor Dr. Sarah Miller-Fellows, Director of Impact, to discuss the unique challenges facing girls and how self-efficacy helps young leaders advocate for themselves and their communities. Related links: Episode 54: Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-self-advocacy-idd Episode 75: Substance Use: A Public Health Approach https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-substance-use-policy Episode 78: Mental Health and Housing: The Need for Alternatives https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-housing-alternatives Episode 79: Maternal Mental Health: Where Family Well-being Begins https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-maternal-mental-health