Contents
Preface?xi
A Note About My Positionality?xiv
Plan for This Book?xiv
Acknowledgments?xvii
Introduction: Immigrant, Undocumented, and Involved??1
Parenting as Undocumented Latinx Immigrants in California?3
Latinx Parental Engagement in Postsecondary Success: What Do We Already Know??8
Undocumented Latinx Parental Engagement: What Do We Need to Know??11
1.??Dreams, Aspirations, and Sacrificios?13
Conceptualizing Sacrificios?16
Parents? Dreams and Aspirations for Their Children?18
Sacrificios and the Salience of ?Illegality??22
2.??Apoyo and the Search and Choice Process?35
Barriers to Engagement for Undocumented Parents?37
Navigating Barriers: Parents? Apoyo and Supportive Behaviors?45
3.??Continued Engagement in Higher Education?55
Parents? Initial Experiences With College?58
Development of Parental Cultural and Social Capital?66
New Forms of Apoyo?71
4.??Apoyo Sacrificial and the Reconceptualization of Parental Engagement?77
Concerted Cultivation and Traditional Understandings of Parental Engagement?81
Apoyo Sacrificial: (Re)Considering the Impact of ?Illegality? on Parenting?84
Conclusion?93
Summary of Key Findings?96
Recommendations?99
Final Reflections?105
Appendix: Studying Undocumented Parents?107
Setting: California and Coast University?107
About the Undocumented Latinx Parent Participants?108
Interviewing Undocumented Latinx Parents?112
Data Analysis?113
Note on Study Context and Timing?114
Ethical Considerations and Researcher Positionality?115
Notes?117
References?119
Index?129
About the Author?135