Accounts of Thriving in the Face of Discrimination for Latina/o Undergraduate Students

ABSTRACT

Latina/o undergraduate students face many challenges, including campus climate and ethnic discrimination, which are tied to mental health problems and lower academic achievement. While always difficult, many students have reported a growth in awareness and determination afterward. Thriving or being “better off” after an adversity focuses on such perceived gains. This study explores the experiences of Latina/o undergraduate with discrimination and thriving. Semi-structured interview themes of Growth Related to Thriving were identified using Thematic Analysis.

KEYWORDS:

• Discrimination
• thriving
• Latina/o
• qualitative
• cultural identity
• critical consciousness

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

¹ The authors use the term Latina/os as an inclusive term that was used in cited articles and with participants' identification at the time of the data collection.