Engaging California Communities through Data Analysis and Civic Action
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
Why Join Our Program
Promote youths’ leadership in their own communities;
Strengthen linkages among high schools, community colleges, and the UC system;
A Message From Our Director Dr. Terriquez
CFS and the community engaged research project is led by Dr. Veronica Terriquez, Director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, in collaboration with the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC).
Student Stories
Paradyse Oakley
Paradyse Oakley (she/her) South Central Los Angeles, CA. I am an undergraduate student at the University of California-Santa Cruz studying Community Studies(with a concentration in Health Justice), Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, and Politics I grew up in many...
Kahlila Williams
Kahlila Williams, (she, her, and hers) Los Angeles, CA I was born in Long Beach, California, where I lived with my grandmother until I was ten years old because my parents suffered from drug abuse. When my grandmother passed away, I was placed back in the care of my...
Angel Pimentel Gutierrez
Angel Pimentel Gutierrez (he/him/his)) Oxnard, CA I was born and raised in Oxnard, California, where I am currently a full-time student at Oxnard College majoring in biology. My family is originally from Michoacan, Mexico, and relocated to the United States in the...