Advancing Community Cultural Wealth: Insights from the Literature and Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Nidia Bañuelos is an Assistant Professor in Liberal Arts & Applied Studies in the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A sociologist by training, she studies the resources working adults use to navigate college, career choices, and family demands. In this talk, she will present key insights from the last decade of research on college students’ Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) and explain how this framework can be used in career development research.