WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
VOLUME 61 | ISSUE 5
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Colorado’s Caraveo OPEN SPACE, POLICE SPENDING TALKS Westminster begins 2025 budget review P2 opens up about her struggle with depression Congresswoman said it’s her responsibility to discuss mental health BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Yadira Caraveo said her public admission this week of her struggle with chronic depression is like helping passengers trying to survive an airliner in distress. “When an airplane is in trouble and the oxygen masks come down, you make sure your mask is on safely, then you want to help the passenger next to you get their mask on as well. This so everyone can survive,” the 43-year-old Caraveo said this week. “I just think it’s my responsibility as a public figure to come forward and talk about mental health.” Caraveo is finishing up her first term as Colorado’s representative in the newly minted 8th Congressional District. A Democrat, Caraveo is also a pediatrician and is the first Latina congressperson in Colorado history. But while she climbed to the heights of the medical profession and achieved national prominence in politics, Caraveo has been followed by a dark shadow of depression. “It is something I’ve dealt with since I was a teenager,” Caraveo said while in her Northglenn office. “I thought at first it was just being in the throes of puberty and adolescence. It wasn’t until medical school that I realized I needed help and got treatment for depression.” SEE MENTAL HEALTH, P13
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