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After graduating high school at the beginning of the pandemic, UW-Milwaukee student Theresa Jackson faced obstacle after obstacle in college. First her grandma died, then she struggled financially, then her other grandma died. She felt guilty, depressed and anxious.

“I felt like I was drowning, and I couldn’t come back up or like someone had tied an anchor to my feet and it was just constantly weighing me down,” said Jackson, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy.

As a result, she

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