Exploring Latinidad| Latina Voice and Cultural Awareness in a Catholic Female Single-Sex High School

• Main Author: Navarro, Candy
• Language: EN
• Published: Loyola Marymount University 2016
• Subjects: Women's studies|Secondary education|Hispanic American studies
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10157571

<p> This study focused on the perceptions of 16 Latina students regarding their cultural school climate as well as the thoughts of two administrators and six teachers at an all-female Catholic high school. Students revealed that, while they felt very supported by the school&rsquo;s faculty and administration, they revealed that their culture was not fully embraced and/or represented in their educational curriculum and school&rsquo;s practices. Students also alluded to deliberately choosing and valuing to spend their free time with their family over their classmates. Further, they felt disconnected from their school&rsquo;s mission, which emphasized sisterhood among students. Furthermore, bicultural students provided a unique perspective often not fitting the Latina and/or dominant culture at the school.</p>