Digame: Sara Mendez is Advocating for BIPOC with ADHD [Video]

Sara Mendez (@saranne_wrap) is a 24-year-old Puerto Rican content creator using her platform to educate and empower on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). She was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD when she was 20 years old through her university. She’s using her platform to highlight the biases in the medical system that lead to the misdiagnosis and discrimination of BIPOC assigned female at birth. (AFABs). With more than 70K followers on Instagram and nearly 300K followers on TikTok, she’s reaching thousands and uplifting her comunidad along the way. Through her content she raises awareness about how autistic females and people of color are often overlooked or misdiagnosed and empowers others to advocate for themselves.

Which Latina(s) have had the greatest impact on your life and why?The Latinas who have had the greatest impact on my life are undoubtedly the women who raised me: my mom and my abuela. My abuela passed away from Alzheimer’s in …