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They carry their communities on their shoulders. For many, it is their first time being away from home. They wave goodbye to their families with tears in their eyes. They are unfamiliar with this new landscape. Their culture and language... more
They carry their communities on their shoulders. For many, it is their first time being away from home. They wave goodbye to their families with tears in their eyes. They are unfamiliar with this new landscape. Their culture and language are unexpected. These are the common experiences of incoming Latinx undergraduate students who enter the largely white, affluent, and individualistic contexts of higher education in the United States. The University of California, San Diego, is one of these universities in which Latinx students experience countless academic and social challenges. During the 2018-2019 academic year, Latinx students comprised 19.5 percent of the UC San Diego undergraduate student body (UC San Diego Institutional Research, n.d.). In contrast to this enrollment, data from the California Department of Education (2019) shows that Latinx students comprise 54.6 percent of the state’s K-12 public school enrollment. UC San