In the news· FOX 13

ALSO Youth Unscripted

FOX 13 · March 9, 2026

Illustration: two white armchairs on a small talk show stage, with a studio microphone in front and a rainbow striped curtain behind.

Executive Director Annie Berkness and Dr. Johana Kuemerle-Pinillos sit down with FOX 13’s Jennifer Kveglis for a long conversation on Unscripted.

FOX 13’s Jennifer Kveglis sat down with ALSO Youth Executive Director Annie Berkness and Dr. Johana Kuemerle-Pinillos of ALSO Youth for Unscripted, the station’s series of long-form video conversations. FOX 13 posted it on March 9, 2026.

FOX 13 posts this one as a video only, with no written story, so the best way to hear it is in their own words on the FOX 13 site. The same week, Watermark wrote about Healing Voices, the ALSO Youth storytelling series that grew out of our free therapy program.

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