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Stella Chavez

Latinas are succeeding, but feel pressured to playing traditional roles for women

Angelica Popoca pours melted wax into a container. She recently quit her fulltime job to build her candle making venture. She now has more time to spend with her three children and enjoys running her own business in Waxahachie, Texas. (Stella Chavez/KERA)

Despite being the fastest growing group among women over the past decade and their advances in education and entrepeneurship, Latinas in the U.S. continue to experience the same cultural and gender role expectations as previous generations, the findings of a new Pew Research Center study reveal.

The study concludes a majority of Latinas – including younger women – continue to feel the push-pull of being successful at work and at home. This contrast comes despite other recent achievements including the fact that Latina-owned businesses have been growing faster than their non-Latino counterparts.

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