About This Focus Area: 

Two generations of research with Latinx families has created opportunities for scholars to “Learn from Latinxs” about cultural contexts and development, positive parenting and socialization, and social and community engagement. The health and educational paradoxes of Latinxs, evidenced in national trends, demonstrate that there is more to understand. The overall goal of this initiative is to further stimulate research that contributes to “Learning from Latinxs”. This initiative supports collaborative work focused on methods and theory that can advance our understanding in the following four areas: (1) Healthy and positive development of Latinx children and youth, (2) Latinx family contexts for parenting and socialization, (3) Neighborhood and community contexts for the development of Latinx families, (4) and Health and educational paradoxes and disparities.