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Laura Enriquez, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies

$50,000 grant will fund continued study of undocumented college student experiences

Laura Enriquez, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies, has received a $50,000 grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to continue her UC Collaborative to Promote Immigrant and Student Equity project. The 18-campus UC and CSU study, which began in 2019, provides comprehensive insights into the ways in which students’ undocumented status disrupts their educational experiences […]

UCI-led study finds that immigration policies curb affected students’ education, well-being

Laura Enriquez, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies, is lead author of a new report from the UC Collaborative to Promote Immigrant and Student Equity summarizing the results of a study of children of immigrants attending the University of California. Findings indicate that immigration policies disrupt the educational experiences and well-being of not only undocumented […]

Laura Enriquez, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies

UCI-led study profiles undocumented students’ experiences in state public universities

First-of-its-kind, multicampus report provides deep insights into successes and struggles

Economics major Kevin Dominguez, a junior at the time, was part of the DREAM Project Fellowship program’s first cohort last year.

Working to make dreams a reality

Campus fellowship program lets undocumented students gain career-related experience – and be compensated

The big residency reveal

For Match Day, we profile three graduating medical students on the cusp of starting their careers

Finding his voice

DACA student overcomes fear to become outspoken advocate for others

Assistant professor of Chicano/Latino studies to lead multicampus immigration policy study

Laura E. Enriquez, UCI assistant professor of Chicano/Latino studies, will lead a two-year, multicampus study on the impact of federal immigration policy on the University of California student population. Funded by a $270,000 UC Multicampus Research Programs & Initiatives grant, the project will launch in January. Enriquez will work with colleagues at UC Berkeley, UCI, […]

A doctor-to-be without borders

UCI’s first undocumented medical student, Oscar Hernandez is determined to serve the Latino community