Recent and ongoing projects include a researcher - practitioner partnership focused on familial and school - based relationships that support adolescents» emerging sense of purpose, academic
engagement, achievement and post-secondary school transitions; Project Alliance / Projecto Alianzo, a multiethnic study of parental involvement in education
during adolescence; and collaboration with a local school district focused on school choice policies to examine equity and access to high quality schools, along with demographic
variations in parental priorities and experiences with these policies.