Helen Lam built a life and business from the ground up in Altadena, CA, after fleeing the Vietnam War as a Vietnamese and Chinese-American refugee. She worked as an esthetician, steadily gaining experience and earning the trust of her clients. It was those very clients who encouraged her to open her own shop. And when…
Latinos make up almost 20% of the U.S. population, generating $4.1 trillion in economic output. Yet, Latinos continue to own far fewer wealth-building assets – such as homes, savings, and investments – than their white peers. We had a Q&A with Gabriella Carmona, a senior research analyst at LPPI and co-author of Sueño Incompleto: A…
On April 8, the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) and the Arizona State University School of Transborder Studies co-hosted “Latinos as Agents and Targets: Power and Politics in Immigration Enforcement” at the ASU California Center located in downtown Los Angeles. Over 100 community members attended a discussion on the complex identities and inequalities…
California experienced its first major heat wave in the first three months of 2026. As climate change lengthens and intensifies periods of extreme heat, it becomes crucial to examine who is most exposed, why, and how we can mitigate the health risks. That’s why the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute created a policy toolkit…
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