Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative

Despite representing over 30 countries and countless ethnicities and languages, the Latinx/Hispanic population in the United States is often viewed as a monolith. This misconception especially harms Indigenous immigrants from Latin America. Research by Dr. Patricia Baquedano-López, a BIMI affiliate and Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education, provides recommendations for how schools can better serve their Indigenous Latin American students and combat the marginalization of Indigenous immigrants from Latin America (IILAs) more broadly. Read more about Dr. Baquedano-López's projects here.