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.


WHAT WE’RE DOING
Through community-informed research,
our work is bridging knowledge gaps to
identify how communities of color can
best be supported through local and
national policies. 
WHAT WE’RE DOING
Through community-informed research, 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

Arizona

Research Report

CHALLENGES FACING ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR IN ARIZONA


Fact Sheet

10 FACTS ABOUT LATINO-OWNED BUSINESSES IN ARIZONA


Fact Sheet

PANDEMIC
IMPACTS ON
SELF-EMPLOYED
LATINAS
IN ARIZONA



California

Toolkit

TOOLKIT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA


Research Report

CHALLENGES FACING ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR IN CALIFORNIA


Research Report

CENTERING SMALL ETHNIC BUSINESSES IN LOS ANGELES FOR A JUST TRANSITION


Fact Sheet

PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON SELF-EMPLOYED LATINAS IN CALIFORNIA


Toolkits

TOOLKIT FOR ETHNIC SMALL BUSINESS IN LOS ANGELES


Fact Sheet

10 FACTS ABOUT LATINO-OWNED BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA


Texas

Texas

Research Report

CHALLENGES FACING ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR IN TEXAS

Fact Sheet

PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON
SELF- EMPLOYED LATINAS IN TEXAS


Fact Sheet

10 FACTS ABOUT
LATINO-OWNED BUSINESSES
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