The EMPOWER Youth Lab (Empowering and Motivating Positive Outcomes, Well-being, & Experiences with Race/Ethnicity/Culture) aims to conduct meaningful, collaborative, culturally-focused research and programs with youth and their families.
Our lab is dedicated to understanding cultural processes and experiences, and impacts on psychological, educational, and health outcomes/disparities. We focus on the role of cultural resilience and strengths (e.g., ethnic-racial identity, ethnic-racial socialization and cultural values) and race-related risk experiences (e.g., discrimination, colorism) primarily among Latino/a, Black, and Multiracial youth.
We aim to create culturally-affirming spaces in homes, schools, and communities!
Click below to learn more about our current projects:
We are recruiting for a PAID Study!
If you have a Mixed child (i.e., child has caregivers with 2 or more different races/ethnicities) who is 5-11 years of age, click here to participate!
STAR (Supporting Thriving, Ambitious, & Resilient) Kids & Families Project
The goal of this project is to better understand risk and resilience factors in Multiracial/Mixed children’s family, ethnic/racial/cultural, and peer environments, and how these factors relate to children’s development and outcomes. To learn more, click here.