Making research matter for Latino youth, families, and communities.
The CREAR Lab generates knowledge that centers community voice and drives real-world change. Here is a snapshot of what we have built together.
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Presentations & Posters
at national conferences
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Research Projects
across multiple contexts
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Manuscripts in the Pipeline
from preparation to accepted
Impact happens in real places with real people.
CREAR Lab partners with schools, community organizations, and families to ground research in lived experience. We conduct studies in naturalistic settings, not just labs, ensuring our findings are relevant and actionable.
Centering Latino youth, families, and communities.
Our research explores resilience, identity, and wellbeing among underrepresented groups. By elevating community knowledge alongside empirical rigor, we produce scholarship that is both scientifically rigorous and culturally resonant.
Research that reaches beyond the journal page.
Research in Schools
CREAR Lab has partnered with local schools to study how Latino youth navigate academic and social challenges, producing findings that directly inform school-based interventions.
Families at the Center
Our family-based research elevates the voices of parents and caregivers, ensuring that community knowledge shapes the questions we ask and the answers we trust.
Growing the Next Generation
Beyond our published research, CREAR Lab mentors undergraduate and graduate researchers, including many first-generation students, who go on to lead their own studies.
Our work, acknowledged.
Publications in Top-Tier Journals
Research published in leading peer-reviewed journals in developmental and community psychology.
Conference Recognition
Work presented at national conferences including SRCD and APA, reaching researchers and practitioners across the country.
Community Partnership Awards
Recognized for sustained, meaningful partnerships with community organizations serving Latino families.
Rigorous science. Rooted in community.
CREAR Lab's research is grounded in cultural humility and community-based participatory principles. We believe the people most affected by our research questions deserve a seat at the table, not just as participants, but as collaborators.
We use mixed methods that pair the precision of quantitative analysis with the depth of qualitative inquiry. Every study we design reflects a commitment to producing knowledge that is both scientifically sound and genuinely useful to the communities we serve.
Community-Based
Research designed with and for the community, not just about it.
Mixed Methods
Combining quantitative rigor with qualitative depth.
Culturally Grounded
Centering Latino identity, resilience, and lived experience.
Action-Oriented
Findings translated into policy, practice, and real change.
What is next for CREAR Lab.
Expanding Our Studies
New research examining resilience pathways and identity development among Latino adolescents across diverse geographic contexts.
Deepening Community Ties
Formalizing partnerships with organizations to co-design intervention research that speaks directly to community-identified needs.
Training Future Researchers
Growing our pipeline of culturally-informed researchers through mentorship, training, and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
Sharing What We Learn
Manuscripts in progress will add to a growing body of literature that centers Latino communities in psychological research.
Want to learn more about the team and our work?