PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- Books include The Burden of Support: Young Latinos in an Aging Society (Stanford University Press, 1988), El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition (University of California Press, 2012), and La Nueva California: Latinos from Pioneers to Post Millennials (University of California Press, 2017) and The Latino Big Bang in California (University of New Mexico Press, 2023.)
- Writes columns for The Los Angeles Times and La Opinión, and provides Spanish and English opinion pieces for radio and television.
- Chosen one of the 101 Top Leaders of the Latino Community in the U.S. by Latino Leaders Magazine.