DIRECTORS

LPPI leverages the wealth of talent, expertise, and commitment to Latino research already underway at UCLA. Sonja Diaz (Luskin School) and Matt Barreto (Division of Social Sciences) co-founded LPPI to address issues of public opinion, representation, and domestic policy through data and facts. LPPI is housed in the Luskin School of Public Affairs under the leadership of Dean Gary M. Segura. LPPI’s policy experts, all distinguished scholars, incubate and champion cutting-edge policy research to inform evidence-based policy making at the state and local levels across the U.S.