Low Socioeconomic Status Latina Students’ Navigation of Food Insecurity Through Community Cultural Wealth

Food insecurity continues to be a significant problem on college campuses, specifically within minoritized populations such as Latina Students. This paper analyzes how Latina students from low socio-economic status (LSES) backgrounds navigate food insecurity at selective, normatively affluent universities through the framework of Community Cultural Wealth. Our analysis shows how interpersonal relationships are key to managing food resources. Further, particular forms of capital—such as aspirational capital—provided the impetus for other forms of capital, such as navigational capital.