Survey Examines Latino Leadership
A survey of more than 100 Los Angeles-area Latino leaders released Monday revealed that the majority are U.S.-born, college-educated and earn a high income, unlike most Latino adults in Los Angeles County.
About 80% of the 123 respondents said they were born in the United States, while a similar proportion of Latino adults in Los Angeles County are foreign-born, according David Hayes-Bautista, a UCLA professor who administered the survey. The findings were released by the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, United Way of Greater Los Angeles and UCLA’s Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture.
“We need to understand that we are not representative of the average Latino adult,” Hayes-Bautista told those assembled at the Latino Leadership Summit at LMU on Monday. “We need to go that extra mile to make sure we know what’s going on in the community.”
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