%0 Journal Article
%T Leveraging Their Family Capital: How Latino Males Successfully Navigate the Community College
%A Anna Peterson Drake
%A Claudia Garc¨ªa-Louis
%A Tonia Guida
%A Victor B. S¨¢enz
%J Community College Review
%@ 1940-2325
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0091552117743567
%X Objective: The purpose of this study is to apply Yosso¡¯s community cultural wealth framework to the experiences of Latino male community college students to understand how they balance family obligations, work, and academics while also navigating their educational pathways. Method: The research team conducted 23 semistructured focus groups with 130 Latino male students enrolled full- and part-time at seven distinct community colleges in Texas. Results: Findings reveal the important role family members play in the educational pathway of Latino males who relied heavily on familismo and familial capital as a source of support as they matriculated through the community college environment. Despite entering the community college with multiple sources of community cultural wealth, Latino males had a difficult time navigating their educational experiences due to their first in family, first-generation status, and their apprehension around help-seeking . Contributions: Despite the multiple roles and responsibilities Latino males hold within their family units, they do not pose limitations on their educational pathways; rather, these family relationships motivate Latino males and provide them with support that strengthens their aspirations to persist onto graduation
%K Latino male students
%K familial capital
%K persistence
%K community college
%K first generation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0091552117743567