The Economic Recovery &
Entrepreneurship Project (TEREP)
Strengthening Latino Entrepreneurship
Supporting Latino entrepreneurship is crucial to empowering Latinos in the United States. The nearly 5 million Latino-owned businesses provide our communities with an avenue for wealth creation and economic stability. Latino entrepreneurs, however, experience difficulties getting approved for loans, growing their businesses, and expanding their professional networks. In addition, banks and foundations have not traditionally considered Latinos stable business leaders. The Economic Recovery & Entrepreneurship Project (TEREP) is dedicated to equipping Latino business owners with the tools they need to meet the challenges of the 21st-century economy.
our work is bridging knowledge gaps to
identify how communities of color can
best be supported through local and
national policies.
Centering Latina
Entrepreneurs:
Our research explicitly integrates a Latina lens to highlight the intersecting challenges Latina entrepreneurs face in a series of research reports in Arizona, California, Texas, and beyond.
Supporting An Equitable
COVID-19 Recovery:
Our analysis lays the groundwork to understand how the pandemic continues to impact entrepreneurs of color.
Strengthening Environmental
Sustainability:
Our work aims to ensure entrepreneurs of color have equitable access to the funding, technology, and resources needed to practice environmental sustainability in the face of climate change.
Featured Projects
Texas
CHALLENGES FACING ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR IN TEXAS
Funders
Project Advisory Committee
Clarinda Landeros
Director of Public Policy at the
National Association for Latino
Community Asset Builders
Roy Chan
Director of Neighborhood &
Place-Based Strategies at the
National Coalition for Asian
Pacific American Community
Development
Monica Villalobos
President & CEO of the Arizona
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Julian Cañete
President & CEO of the
California Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce
Marlene Orozco
CEO and Founder of
Stratified Insights
Paul Saldaña
President and Principal of
Saldaña Public Relations
LaShonda Brenson
Senior Researcher at Joint
Center for Political and Economic
Studies
Francisco Pedraza
Associate Professor, ASU’s
School of Politics and Global
Studies
Research Team
Silvia R. Gonzalez
Director of Research
UCLA LPPI
Paul M. Ong
Faculty Affiliate
UCLA LPPI
Sonja Diaz
Founding Executive Director
UCLA LPPI
Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas
Director of Research
UCLA LPPI
Rosario Majano
Research Analyst
UCLA LPPI
Julia Silver
Research Analyst
UCLA LPPI
Misael Galdámez
Senior Research Analyst
UCLA LPPI
Chhandara Pech
Deputy Director
UCLA CNK
Funders