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Distress secondary to the COVID‐19 pandemic has been substantial, especially in vulnerable Latinx communities who are carrying an undue share of the pandemic‐related social, health and economic burden in the United States. In collaboration with 43 community health workers (CHWs) and Promotor/as serving the needs of underserved Latinx communities in South Texas and guided by principles of community‐based participatory research (CBPR), the purpose of this study was to identify relevant mental health stressors and related consequences, and to identify strategies for coping with distress among underserved Latinx communities during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Data were collected on July 2020 using mixed methods to obtain more in‐depth information. Surveys were administered, and three focus groups were conducted. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, whereas qualitative …