Chrystal A. George Mwangi is Associate Professor of Higher Education at George Mason University. Yedalis Ruíz Santana is Chief Access and Equity Officer/Executive Director of the Tania M. Barber Learning Institute at Caring Health Center and Faculty Affiliate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

"The editors and authors of this much-needed book reframe issues of postsecondary education access and opportunity with students of color in mind. In pushing the fields of higher education and counseling education to adopt asset-based, critical approaches, it promises to make an important contribution to both the scholarly literature and our collective practices." — Darris R. Means, coeditor of Race and Rurality: Considerations for Advancing Higher Education Equity

• ForewordJudy Marquez KiyamaAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChrystal A. George Mwangi and Yedalis Ruíz Santana1. A POC-Centered (Re)Framing of College Access and ChoiceChrystal A. George Mwangi and Yedalis Ruíz SantanaPart I: Youth-Centered Framings2. Critically Conscious College Knowledge: Critiquing Notions of College Readiness through an Ethnic Studies LensJoel A. Arce and Ashley Carpenter3. Intergenerational Posttraumatic Transformation: Reframing College Access for Students from Refugee BackgroundsDiep H. Luu4. "Removing la cascara": The Cost of Being Resilient among Puertorriquena College AspirantsYedalis Ruíz SantanaPart II: Community-Grown Framings5. When Impossible Becomes Possible! A Critical Access Model That Centers Equity in Community HealthTania M. Barber6. Widening Postsecondary Educational Pathways for Black and Latinx Boys and Young Men: Personal Reflections, Professional Experiences, and Research-Based InsightsRoderick L. Carey7. Breaking the Chains of Intergenerational Poverty and Becoming a First-Generation WarriorAnastasia (Stasia) Morton8. "By Us, for Us": A Student Bridges Approach to Access and Retention among Historically Underrepresented PopulationsOlga M. Correa and Kelsey RuizPart III: Culture- and Family-Oriented Framings9. College Choice as Conocimiento: Disentangling the Reflective and Cyclical Postsecondary Pathways of Latina/o/x StudentsNancy Acevedo10. Family Building: College Choice Process for Native American StudentsEliza Yellow Bird, Amanda R. Tachine, and Nolan L. Cabrera11. Under the Baobab Tree: Developing a Family-Centered Framework for College Choice with Black African Immigrant FamiliesChrystal A. George MwangiConclusionYedalis Ruíz Santana and Chrystal A. George MwangiContributorsIndex

Chrystal A. George Mwangi is Associate Professor of Higher Education at George Mason University. Yedalis Ruíz Santana is Chief Access and Equity Officer/Executive Director of the Tania M. Barber Learning Institute at Caring Health Center and Faculty Affiliate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

"The editors and authors of this much-needed book reframe issues of postsecondary education access and opportunity with students of color in mind. In pushing the fields of higher education and counseling education to adopt asset-based, critical approaches, it promises to make an important contribution to both the scholarly literature and our collective practices." — Darris R. Means, coeditor of Race and Rurality: Considerations for Advancing Higher Education Equity

• ForewordJudy Marquez KiyamaAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChrystal A. George Mwangi and Yedalis Ruíz Santana1. A POC-Centered (Re)Framing of College Access and ChoiceChrystal A. George Mwangi and Yedalis Ruíz SantanaPart I: Youth-Centered Framings2. Critically Conscious College Knowledge: Critiquing Notions of College Readiness through an Ethnic Studies LensJoel A. Arce and Ashley Carpenter3. Intergenerational Posttraumatic Transformation: Reframing College Access for Students from Refugee BackgroundsDiep H. Luu4. "Removing la cascara": The Cost of Being Resilient among Puertorriquena College AspirantsYedalis Ruíz SantanaPart II: Community-Grown Framings5. When Impossible Becomes Possible! A Critical Access Model That Centers Equity in Community HealthTania M. Barber6. Widening Postsecondary Educational Pathways for Black and Latinx Boys and Young Men: Personal Reflections, Professional Experiences, and Research-Based InsightsRoderick L. Carey7. Breaking the Chains of Intergenerational Poverty and Becoming a First-Generation WarriorAnastasia (Stasia) Morton8. "By Us, for Us": A Student Bridges Approach to Access and Retention among Historically Underrepresented PopulationsOlga M. Correa and Kelsey RuizPart III: Culture- and Family-Oriented Framings9. College Choice as Conocimiento: Disentangling the Reflective and Cyclical Postsecondary Pathways of Latina/o/x StudentsNancy Acevedo10. Family Building: College Choice Process for Native American StudentsEliza Yellow Bird, Amanda R. Tachine, and Nolan L. Cabrera11. Under the Baobab Tree: Developing a Family-Centered Framework for College Choice with Black African Immigrant FamiliesChrystal A. George MwangiConclusionYedalis Ruíz Santana and Chrystal A. George MwangiContributorsIndex

Chrystal A. George Mwangi is Associate Professor of Higher Education at George Mason University. Yedalis Ruíz Santana is Chief Access and Equity Officer/Executive Director of the Tania M. Barber Learning Institute at Caring Health Center and Faculty Affiliate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

"The editors and authors of this much-needed book reframe issues of postsecondary education access and opportunity with students of color in mind. In pushing the fields of higher education and counseling education to adopt asset-based, critical approaches, it promises to make an important contribution to both the scholarly literature and our collective practices." — Darris R. Means, coeditor of Race and Rurality: Considerations for Advancing Higher Education Equity

• ForewordJudy Marquez KiyamaAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChrystal A. George Mwangi and Yedalis Ruíz Santana1. A POC-Centered (Re)Framing of College Access and ChoiceChrystal A. George Mwangi and Yedalis Ruíz SantanaPart I: Youth-Centered Framings2. Critically Conscious College Knowledge: Critiquing Notions of College Readiness through an Ethnic Studies LensJoel A. Arce and Ashley Carpenter3. Intergenerational Posttraumatic Transformation: Reframing College Access for Students from Refugee BackgroundsDiep H. Luu4. "Removing la cascara": The Cost of Being Resilient among Puertorriquena College AspirantsYedalis Ruíz SantanaPart II: Community-Grown Framings5. When Impossible Becomes Possible! A Critical Access Model That Centers Equity in Community HealthTania M. Barber6. Widening Postsecondary Educational Pathways for Black and Latinx Boys and Young Men: Personal Reflections, Professional Experiences, and Research-Based InsightsRoderick L. Carey7. Breaking the Chains of Intergenerational Poverty and Becoming a First-Generation WarriorAnastasia (Stasia) Morton8. "By Us, for Us": A Student Bridges Approach to Access and Retention among Historically Underrepresented PopulationsOlga M. Correa and Kelsey RuizPart III: Culture- and Family-Oriented Framings9. College Choice as Conocimiento: Disentangling the Reflective and Cyclical Postsecondary Pathways of Latina/o/x StudentsNancy Acevedo10. Family Building: College Choice Process for Native American StudentsEliza Yellow Bird, Amanda R. Tachine, and Nolan L. Cabrera11. Under the Baobab Tree: Developing a Family-Centered Framework for College Choice with Black African Immigrant FamiliesChrystal A. George MwangiConclusionYedalis Ruíz Santana and Chrystal A. George MwangiContributorsIndex