The Unique Agency of Parenting-Strivers: An Anti-Deficit, Asset-Based Exploration of Black and Latinx Students with Children

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Figure A.1. This is a simplified conceptual framework diagram, based on Kundu’s (2020) research, on the success of students with structural disadvantages, documented in the book The Power of Student Agency.

Table B.1. Participants.

Alias	Gender	Race	Age	States
Esquire	Male	Black	26	Law School Student
Nadira	Female	Black	26	College Grad
Malcom	Male	Black	26	College Student
Johnny	Male	Latinx	26	College Grad
Hector	Male	Latinx	27	Master’s Grad
Roxanne	Female	Black	27	College Grad
Stan	Male	Black	27	Master’s Student
Freda	Male	Latinx	27	College Grad
Vanessa	Female	Latinx	29	Master’s Grad
JLo	Male	Black	44	Master’s Grad

^a Note: All participants of this research study are depicted in the table and given pseudonyms. This study is IRB approved #15-10821 (Kundu, 2018).

Kundu, A. (2020). The power of student agency: Looking beyond grit to close the opportunity gap. New York: Teachers College Press.

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Kundu, A. (2018). Adding a social perspective to “grit”: Investigating how disadvantaged students navigate obstacles and gain agency (Ph.D. diss.). New York University, 10573.

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