Dascha Polanco, spoke candidly in a recent interview with Latina magazine about her battle with depression after her mother’s death and the struggles she faced getting help. “Mental health is a big issue and I think it’s ignored a lot in the Latino community,” the 31-year-old star told the magazine. “It’s very interesting, the times I’ve felt that I can’t breathe emotionally, and I react to things in a very impulsive manner – where it’s anger or crying. And being able to speak to somebody about that was kind of a revelation that it was okay for me to feel depressed.”
