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New Reports Point to Underlying Workforce Issues in Santa Cruz County
The analysis, led by UCLA and UC Santa Cruz faculty and graduate students, looks at data from the United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) and thousands of surveys primarily focused on Santa Cruz County workers ages 18 to 34.
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CSRC Reports Released on State of Latinas in the Central Coast
At the symposium "State of Latinas in the Central Coast: Ensuring that All Residents Access Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic Well-being," 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.
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MEDIA: "Rancho Raised, UCLA Made"
This past January, the CSRC was overjoyed to welcome back to UCLA Osvaldo Gutierrez, professor of chemistry and the CSRC's inaugural Hispanic-Serving Institution STEM Faculty Director. Recently, Gutierrez penned the short personal essay "Rancho Raised, UCLA Made," in which he shares his journey from being a seven-year-old chivero in Rancho Los Prietos, Guanajuato, Mexico, to his current professional roles at UCLA: scientist, educator, and mentor.
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CSRC Newsletter - Winter Quarter 2025
CSRC welcomes Osvaldo Gutierrez, the inaugural UCLA HSI STEM faculty director; new research reports on youth concerns in the Imperial Valley; a convening of junior and senior community-engaged research scholars; news from the Latina Futures 2050 Lab; a paid internship opportunity for undergraduates interested in ethnic studies librarianship; and more in the CSRC quarterly newsletter!  
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Community-Engaged Research Convening: “Bridging Rigorous Research on Youth and Young Worker Organizing”
On March 6 and 7, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) hosted junior scholars and faculty for a convening in Long Beach, CA, as part of its commitment to foster rigorous community engagement and scholarship.
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Since its founding in 1969, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) has played a pivotal role in the development of scholarly research on the U.S. Chicano-Latino population. Our research mission is supported by five distinct components: a library with special collections archive, an academic press, collaborative research projects, public and academic programs, and community-based partnerships.

The CSRC is proud to be a part of the Institute of American Cultures. We actively collaborate with the Institute's three other ethnic studies research centers and other campus units. Groundbreaking projects include:

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