The succeeders: How immigrant youth are transforming what it means to belong in America.

Abstract

The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America is an intriguing and insightful ethnographic study of a program called The Succeeders which supports Latino high school students in Nashville, Tennessee. Flores focuses on Latino students’ sense of belonging in high school and the support they receive to pursue higher education. The book is divided into three parts: Context of Belonging, Learning to Belong, and Unlearning to Belong. Flores provides an in-depth exploration of the students’ perspectives on Latinidad stereotypes and how their culture and individual experiences shape their sense of belonging in high school and their pursuit of higher education.