Latin American and Latino Studies

LALS Professor Jessica Taft has spent more than a decade studying youth activism

Student researchers use high-tech sleuthing tools at the Research Center for the Americas

Learn more about Latin American and Latino Studies and our combined majors with politics and sociology

LALS graduate student awarded prestigious fellowship to support research on national security policy

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LALS and Biology alumna Yulianna Ortega has won the UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association Outstanding Staff Award, for her work as the STEM Diversity Programs director.

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