Although the population of Latinx student-athletes is growing in the NCAA, they face unique challenges when navigating higher education structures, which until now have been overlooked in research. In this episode, Saul López, JSSS 2025 Scholar, and Guillermo Ortega, 2025 Elevate Fellow at the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions, discuss Latinx student-athlete experiences in higher education. Within the current context of college athletics, there are inequities for Latinx student-athletes navigating the recruitment process, accessing the necessary resources, and familial familiarity with higher education as an institution.

Learn about the often-overlooked experience of Latinx student-athletes and how athletic programs reproduce inequalities in the form of limited access, confusing policies, and a lack of culturally relevant practices when working with Latinx student-athletes.