A descriptive narrative of a Latinx research-practice partnership to develop the Roots y Resistencia intervention

A key component of community-based research is the development of research-practice partnerships (RPP) with community-based partners. These partnerships are often developed with adults (e.g., community-based organizers) outside of higher education institutions (Farrell et al., 2021). This approach to RPP development may exclude youth contributions to RPPs, which may reduce the impact of research that aims to impact youths’ lives. With the intent to disrupt adultism and white supremacy in the practice of YPAR (Aldana & Richards-Schuster, 2021), the current piece employs a narrative inquiry approach to make explicit the relationship and team development processes that serve as the bedrock for the early-stage development of a RPP between youth, students (post-baccalaureate and graduate students), and faculty—all of whom identify as Latinx—in the context of a Hispanic Serving Institution. In detailing the processes and structures that support our team’s development, we aim to make the process, pivots, and promises of YPAR work with Latinx young people more explicit, which may increase YPAR with Latinx youth, particularly research on youths’ racialized and sociopolitical experiences.