This episode is by Maggie De La Peza with some help from Jarrett Ramones, the Senior Communication Coordinator for Youth Leadership Institute.
Opening Narration by Senior Calafia Fellow Adamari Cota
Episode art by Senior Calafia Fellow Nancy Aguilar-Aquino.
Social media by Fátima Ramirez, The Senior Social Media Coordinator for Youth Leadership Institute.

This episode focuses on the De La Pezas, a Mexican-American family from Los Angeles who shed light on the socioeconomic journey that led them to the suburbs, and the difficult tie between financial aspiration and the incentive for cultural assimilation. Diverging financial mentalities are shown as a part of the vast generational changes many families, like the De La Pezas, experienced. Host Maggie De La Peza invites her father Marco and great uncle Efrain to engage in the conversation.

Resources:

Center for Economic and Policy Research “The Continuing Power of White Preferences in Employment” https://cepr.net/report/the-continuing-power-of-white-preferences-in-employment/#:~:text=White%20people%20fare%20better%20in,for%20White%20high%20school%20dropouts

For more information about Youth Leadership Institute.

Calafia is yli’s statewide youth policy journal that amplifies the narratives of young people on topics and issue areas important to them and their communities.

Calafia’s past issues have focused on youth criminal justice reform, educational equity, and addressing stigmas within communities of color. Check out the last fellowship's issue titled, Systems below and contact Jarrett Ramones at jramones@yli.org for a print copy.

Be on the look out for our next print issue False Promises: The Chasm Between Home and Hope coming soon.

Calafia Fellows are selected every year from each yli office to create and edit the issue’s theme and the stories presented. They are also mentored by experienced reporters, travel to statewide and national media conferences, and learn the steps to producing a printed publication.

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