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Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 26, No. 2, 152-170 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0739986303262604

Entering and Succeeding in the "Culture of College": The Story of Two Mexican Heritage Students

Nolan L. Cabrera

Amado M. Padilla

Stanford University

In this retrospective study, the academic resilience of two individuals of Mexican heritage who graduated from Stanford University is described. The respondents (a woman and a man) now in their early 20s came from home backgrounds of extreme impoverishment and adversity. By means of in-depth interviews the challenges the two respondents faced in school beginning in kindergarten and continuing through their graduation from Stanford is described. Both respondents attribute their academic success to the support given them by their mothers and their personal motivation to succeed in school; however, the authors show that this was also possible because the respondents acquired knowledge of the "culture of college" that is essential for the transition from high school to college. The authors describe the processes of this information transmission and how even though it changed the life of their respondents, it has not altered the life of their family.

Key Words: educational resiliency • academic achievement • Latino students • family support • university students


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