Your contributions are helping this Fall.

Dear friends,

As you know, we launched Cannenta Foundation in February of this year. We have been busy raising money to open our doors to individuals seeking to heal but are faced with the inability to afford mental health services financially. Cannenta Foundation participated in the 2022 NTX Giving Day and raised over $2100. Thanks to your generosity, we will be able to provide twenty-one counseling sessions to individuals in need.

Currently, we are serving 18 clients through our foundation who are receiving culturally sensitive services in English and Spanish. According to NAMI, only 35.1 % of Hispanic/Latinx adults with mental illness accept treatment. The barriers associated with lack of treatment include lack of cultural competence among practitioners, language barriers, poverty and less health insurance coverage, legal status, and stigma. Our passion is to eliminate barriers to mental health services through your support.

Another aspect of the Cannenta Foundation is to support bilingual clinicians in receiving training and supervision to become fully licensed clinicians. There is a shortage of Hispanic therapists in the community to serve individuals in their native language. Cannenta Foundation provides supervision to two bilingual Licensed Master Social Workers and one bilingual intern pursuing her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health from Texas Tech University. With Cannenta Foundation's support, we hope to increase the number of Spanish-speaking therapists in the community to help meet the high need for culturally sensitive mental health services.

We appreciate your support of our mission and vision.

Lilia Villagran

Board President

It Takes a Village

Cannenta Foundation has partnered with Las Chicas del Barrio to provide no-cost mental health services to services to their mentees. Las Chicas del Barrio is a Dallas nonprofit that wants Latinas to thrive with the mentorship of those who have been there. This year the mentees identified mental health as their number one need. We are honored to be selected as their mental health provider.

What We’ve Done

Dr. Leti Cavazos, Founder of Cannenta Foundation, is a contributing author for Latinx/e in Social Work.

This book is about space. The space we take up, the spaces we create and nurture, and the spaces that have yet to exist but are so crucial to the growth and development of Latinx/e social workers, mental health practitioners, executives, and professionals in all industries in this country and beyond. This book is a revolutionary step in creating a movement that is committed to owning our narratives, naming common but unspoken struggles and challenges, and driving our own healing from the past while highlighting our successes and creating a space for hope for the future.

All proceeds from sales are donated to the Cannenta Foundation, Inc. and goes toward providing access to compassionate, culturally sensitive mental health care.

Order your book today here

Dallas Legacy Mission Coalition of Hispanic Nonprofits of North Texas Halloween Resource Fair

Lisa and her son, Andrez, provided information about mental health services offered by the Cannenta Foundation.

Put it On Your Calendar

Kendra Scott Fundraiser

November 12 • 6 – 8 p.m.
Plano Legacy Location

Click the invite below to RSVP to this special event. If you are unable to attend, you can still virtually participate by using the code GIVEBACK-CJNPQ at check-out. 20% of profits will be contributed to the Cannenta Foundation.

You Make it Happen

Did you know there are multiple ways to support the Cannenta Foundation and give others the gift of healing?

1) Link your Amazon account to the Foundation, and a portion of the profits go towards the cost of counseling. This is at no additional cost to you. Learn how here.

2) Cannenta Foundation has an Amazon Wish List with supplies to help us with counseling services. You can donate any item, and it will be sent straight to the Cannenta Foundation.

3) Link your Kroger rewards card to Cannenta Foundation, and a portion of your grocery total will be allocated to Cannenta Foundation. Learn how here.

4) Link Cannenta Foundation to your PayPal account as a Favorite Charity under Donate to a Cause, and you can donate $1 or more after every purchase.

5) Visit the Cannenta Foundation online store and check out the mental wellness merch available to support the cause.

Every dollar helps to provide free or low-cost counseling in a culturally sensitive way and reduces the cost of licensing supervision and testing for bilingual clinicians. Together we can make a difference!