Description: Based on interview data, life testimonios, and Chicana feminist theories, The Chicana/o/x Dream profiles first-generation, Mexican-descent college students who have overcome adversity by utilizing various forms of cultural capital to power their academic success.
Brief description: Gilberto Q. Conchas is a professor of educational policy and social context at the University of California, Irvine, and is the interim chair of the department of chicano studies, acting associate dean of social sciences, and visiting professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Review Quotes: "Through powerful narratives of resistance and hope, Gilberto Q. Conchas and Nancy Acevedo advance a useful framework for understanding how Chicana/o/x students navigate within educational borderlands to achieve the Chicana/o/x Dream for themselves and others." --Teachers College Record