Grief In The Language Of The Heart With Cristina Chipriano

Cristina Chipriano lost her 5-year-old cousin, her aunt, and her godmother all before second grade. After becoming a social worker, she helped create grief support programs in Spanish at Bo’s Place in Houston, where much of the community is Latino. Cristina and I chat about how the cultural value family pride prompts Latino grievers to get grief support, and why it’s important for grievers to be able to express grief in their first language, what Cristina calls the language of the heart.