Andrea Flores

Cultural anthropologist and assistant professor of education at Brown University specializing in the anthropology of education; author of The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America (UC Press, 2021).

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Dec 8, 2025 • 1h 8min

Andrea Flores, "The Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America" (UC Press, 2021)

Andrea Flores, a cultural anthropologist at Brown University and author of The Succeeders, shares insights from her ethnographic research on immigrant youth in Nashville. She explores how these students redefine belonging and use academic success as moral proof against stereotypes. Flores discusses the impact of their cultural ties and family sacrifices on their educational journeys. The conversation touches on respectability politics and how students navigate identity amid societal pressures, ultimately transforming individual achievements into collective gains for their communities.

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