New CSRC Reports Released on State of Latinas in the Central Coast

For the past two years, researchers have been documenting barriers and opportunities within the Latino community in the Central Coast.

On Saturday, May 3, at the symposium “State of Latinas in the Central Coast: Ensuring that All Residents Access Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic Well-being,” held in Oxnard, California, university professors, graduate students, and community leaders provided insights into the Latina wage gap in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, barriers and opportunities for Latinas’ economic mobility in the childcare sector, and trends among Oxnard’s young adult Latina workforce. researchers will provide information during a panel discussion or via poster presentations. Additional presentation topics include educational pipelines; labor patterns and conditions of Latinas in Oxnard; Indigenous women’s experiences; labor conditions of female farmworkers and former farmworker youth; civic engagement patterns after high school; and the State of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Youth Survey conducted by Future Leaders of America.

This research and presentations were supported by the Latina Futures 2050 Lab, the City of Oxnard, the Stuart Foundation, the Weingart Foundation, the McCune Foundation, the Edwin and Jeanne Woods Family Foundation, and the Henry Mayo Newhall Family Foundation.

Veronica Terriquez, CSRC director, is cofounder of the Latina Futures 2050 Lab. The initiative, housed at the CSRC, was created in 2022 with the intention of focusing on research gaps surrounding Latinas and their intersectional identities in the United States. The research is meant to enhance opportunities for representation, visibility and influence across different sectors.

The following reports released at the symposium and published by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and the Latina Futures 2050 Lab are available on the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center website: www.chicano.ucla.edu/publications/report-brief