Introduction: An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM: Increasing Resilience, Participation, and Success
Elsa M. Gonzalez and Miranda Wilson
PART 1: Examining Literature, Theory, and Data to Inform Policy
Chapter 1: Latinas in STEM: A Review of the Literature Using a Psychosociocultural Lens
Kristan M. Venegas and Araceli Espinoza-Wade
Chapter 2: Developing A Conceptual Framework for Computing Identity Development for Latina Undergraduate Students
Sarah L. Rodriguez, Charles Lu, and Daisy Ramirez
Chapter 3: The Pathway to the PhD: Latinas as STEM Doctorates from 1975-2010
Frank Fernandez, Hyun Kyoung Ro, Miranda Wilson, and Veronica Crawford
Chapter 4: "Cuida Tu Casa y Deja la Ajena": Focusing on Retention as a Self-Perpetuating Engine for Recruiting Latina Faculty in STEM
Aurora Kamimura
Chapter 5: How Many Latinas in STEM Benefit From High-Impact Practices? Examining Participation by Social Class and Immigrant Status
Sanga Kim, Selyna Perez Beverly, and Hyun Kyoung Ro
PART 2: Reading (Hearing) Testimonios of Latinas in STEM
Chapter 6: Empowering Latina STEM Majors at a Public R1 Doctoral University and Hispanic-Serving Institution in Texas: Strategies for Success
Elsa M. Gonzalez, Mauricio Molina, and Sarah Churchill Turner
Chapter 7: First-Generation Latina Engineering Students' Aspirational Counterstories
Tamara T. Coronella
Chapter 8: Latina Undergraduates in Engineering/Computer Science on the US-Mexico Border: Identity, Social Capital, and Persistence
Erika Mein, Helena Mucino Guerra, and Lidia Herrera-Rocha
Chapter 9: "I Learned How to Divide at 25": A Counter-Narrative of How one Latina's Agency and Resilience Lead Her Towards an Engineering Pathway
Dina Verdin
Chapter 10: Leadership through the Lenses of Latinas: Undergraduate College Students in STEM-Related Disciplines at Regional HSIs
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, Rosa Banda, and Elsa M. Gonzalez
Chapter 11: "There Was Something Missing": How Latinas Construct Compartmentalized Identities in STEM
Ariana L. Garcia, Blanca Rincon, and Juanita K. Hinojosa
Afterword: Six Steps Forward for Studying Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM
Frank Fernandez
