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[https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero](https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero)  \nThe Uncertain Path Toward College: How Intersectionality Shaped the Experiences of Latinas Enrolled at a Hispanic-Serving Institution  \nRuth M. López  \nMaria L. Honey  \nStephanie Rendon  \nStephanie Pérez-Gill  \nUniversity of Houston  \nThis is a longitudinal qualitative study of Latina college students who were members of a Latina mentoring program at a 4-year Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in Texas, where they made up the largest student population since 2013. Guided by Chicana feminist epistemology and intersectionality, we discuss educational experiences students had during high school as they considered their college path, when enrolling in an HSI, and during college. We explore the following research question:  \nHow did intersectional experiences shape the educational trajectory of Latina undergraduates enrolled at an HSI? We identify how multiple forms of oppression and social identities shaped the high school experiences of Latinas and learned how they found belonging at an HSI by finding spaces and individuals who validated their intersectionality. Through this study, we demonstrate why Latina student intersectionality—not only while in college but prior to enrolling as well—is important for researchers and educational leaders to consider.  \nKeywords: Chicana feminism, intersectionality, Latinas, higher education, qualitative  \nIn 2019, 36% of Hispanics 1 between the ages of 18 and 24 enrolled in college (National Center for Education Statistics, 2021), with the majority (67%) enrolling at HispanicServing Institutions (HSIs; Excelencia in Education, 2021b) . HSIs are public or private postsecondary institutions that are federally recognized based on full-time-equivalent undergraduate enrollment of at least 25% Hispanic students (Contreras & Contreras, 2015; Excelencia in Education, 2021a) .2 In 2020, 569 institutions, or about 18% of all higher education institutions, had this designation, a 93% increase over the past decade (Excelencia in Education, 2021b) . Another 362 institutions are identified as “emerging HSIs,”with enrollment of Hispanic undergraduates making up 15%–24.9%(Excelencia in Education, 2021a) . However, the federal designation of an HSI has limitations in that it does not define serving and instead focuses on enrollment numbers (Garcia, 2017, 2019; Garcia et al., 2019) . This limitation of the designation points to the importance of documenting the experiences of Latinx students at HSIs to further understand what serving means.  \nMaking up 58% of Latinx college students in 2019, Latinas outnumbered Latino male college students (Excelencia in Education, 2019) . Given their higher college enrollment, Latinas could be viewed as not needing additional support, but a reliance on looking only at this statistic may obscure the intersectionality that Latinas navigate across the education system. Intersectionality refers to the  \nmultiple forms of oppression that affect marginalized individuals and was first coined by legal scholar Crenshaw (1991) when examining the intersecting structures of power, such as racism, classism, and sexism, affecting women of color. Latina college students may have distinct experiences that affect their journey to and engagement in higher education (Espino, 2020; J. Flores & Garcia, 2009; Rodriguez et al., 2000; Sy, 2006; Zambrana & Hurtado, 2015) . Before enrolling in college, they may face multiple cultural and sociopolitical realities, such as attending segregated and under-resourced schools, coming from working-class and/or mixed-status families, and being immigrants (San Miguel & Donato, 2009; Suárez-Orozco et al., 2008; Zambrana & Hurtado, 2015; Zambr","cbCaiic6owUnlsSM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiic6owUnlsSM","pdf",446025,15,"English","# Introduction\n# Theoretical Frameworks\n## Chicana Feminist Epistemology and Intersectionality","[{\"question\":\"What research question does the study address?\",\"answer\":\"How did intersectional experiences shape the educational trajectory of Latina undergraduates enrolled at an HSI? 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