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Written by Gilberto Q. Conchas and Nancy Acevedo

Event Date: Thursday, October 29, 2020

About the book: Based on interview data, life testimonios, and Chicana feminist theories, The Chicana/o/x Dream profiles first-generation, Mexican-descent college students who have overcome adversity by utilizing various forms of cultural capital to power their academic success. While college enrollment rates for Chicana/o/x students have steadily increased over the last decade, this cohort still faces significant barriers to academic achievement, including minimal information about college and limited access to the kind of preparation and advising that will help them get there. As a result, Chicana/o/x students maintain stubbornly low four-year completion rates. Against this backdrop, Gilberto Q. Conchas and Nancy Acevedo address the mechanisms that shape the achievement, aspirations, and expectations of Chicana/o/x students who grew up in marginalized communities and unequal school contexts and share success stories about this growing population of students.

About the event: An introduction by Roberto Gonzales, professor of education at HGSE and director of the newly formed Immigration Initiative at Harvard (IIH). Both authors will participate in the book talk: Gilberto Conchas, Professor at the UC Irvine School of Education and Nancy Acevedo, Associate Professor at the California State University, San Bernardino College of Education - Doctoral Studies. There will be a panel discussion with the following guests:

Gina Garcia, Associate professor in the department of Administrative and Policy Studies at the University of Pittsburgh
Leo Chavez, professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine
Laura Rendón, Professor of Higher Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Danny Solorzano, Professor of Education (and of Chicano/a Studies) at UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

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