Parents At-Promise: Working and Middle Class Latin@ Parents’ Perceptions of Parental Involvement in North County, San Diego

This study examined the perceptions of Latin@ parents regarding their involvement in their children’s academics. Existing literature has consistently spoken to the barriers facing parents of color as they navigate the U.S. educational system (e.g., language discrimination, cultural differences). My study examined the funds of knowledge and contributions that parents can and do provide to their children’s academic learning, allowing for Latin@ parents in particular to define what it means to be involved in their own words. Using the frameworks of critical race theory and Latino critical race theory as well as Bourdieu’s multiple capital theory, I analyzed the social and cultural capital (i.e., funds of knowledge) of Latin@ parents, and how they practiced this knowledge in their children’s educational journeys.