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Latina Futures: Transforming the Nation Through Law & Policy

Latina Futures: Transforming the Nation Through Law & Policy is a one-and-a-half-day symposium at the world-class UCLA Luskin Conference Center featuring prominent Latina scholars, attorneys, policy leaders, and law students from across the country to foster a multi-generational leadership pipeline that spotlights today’s 21st-century legal challenges and opportunities with a Latina lens.

Dr. Nancy Lopez in Univision: “Afrolatinos, una población que está creciendo en Estados Unidos: ¿qué se sabe de esta comunidad?”

Dr. Nancy Lopez, author of UCLA LPPI’s analysis of the U.S. Afro-Latinx population, shares perspective on the report on Univision 34’s Al Punto California.

Dr. Lucía Félix-Beltrán in LAist: “How Latinos experience barriers in getting Medi-Cal benefits”

Dr. Lucía Félix-Beltrán, the author of a recent UCLA LPPI study addressing the persistent barriers to health care access for immigrants in California, shares her insights in an interview with LAist, discussing the report’s findings.

UCLA LPPI Statement on Dr. Mildred García Appointment as New Chancellor

On July 12th, the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees selected Dr. Mildred García as the 11th Chancellor of the CSU system, the first Latina to lead the statewide CSU system, the nation’s largest public four-year university system.

New UCLA LPPI Research Highlights Continued Barriers to Health Care Access for Immigrants in California, Despite Medi-Cal Expansion

The UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) published a research brief focusing on California’s efforts to expand healthcare access for undocumented residents. The brief reveals that while the state has made significant strides in covering vulnerable populations with incomes below the 138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) with the latest Medi-Cal expansion, there are still barriers preventing undocumented individuals with higher incomes from accessing affordable healthcare.

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