Psychosocial Stressors Latinas Face in Education

Over the past twenty years, researchers have explored how collective identities influence various aspects of psychological functioning, including self-esteem, psychosocial development (Pacheco, 2018), self-actualization, and the use of psychological defenses (Borjian, 2018). Despite these efforts, a significant crater remains in understanding how racial-cultural and gender identities affect psychological functioning (Barker, 2015) and experiences of sexism,