Poster Session 3: Hispanic/Latina/o/x Families

Presenters: Fiorella Carlos Chavez, Sophia Bell, Jordynn Hundley

Summary
Latino migrant youth send financial remittances to their families in their countries of origin and work to build their own financial well-being (Heidbrink, 2018). Although these youth endure harsh working conditions and work away from their families (Peoples et al., 2010), little is known about their experiences and the understanding of gratitude and hope among Latino migrant farmworker youth. It is possible that Latino migrant farmworker youth show gratitude toward their work and family despite the adversities of being a working migrant in and adult world. The present research begins to address this gap in Latino migrant youth research.

Objectives
-- To better understand gratitude and hope among Latino migrant farmworker youth in the U.S.
-- To explore the ways in which Latino migrant farmworker youth express gratitude and hope through a qualitative method
-- To understand why gratitude and hope are salient virtues and perceived capabilities among Latino migrant youth's well-being.

Subject Codes: migration, strengths, family relations
Population Codes: adolescence, migrant, Hispanic/Latina/o/x
Method and Approach Codes: qualitative methodology, thematic analysis, narrative