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Abstract
This study was intended to find out how Latinx Jewish families navigate their intersectional identities as they make educational and other socialization choices for their children regarding heritage language and culture. Using a qualitative, ethnographic approach, the study focused on six women, all mothers of young children living in San Francisco/Bay Area, who have chosen to transmit Jewish and Latinx cultures and Spanish language to their children. Data analysis involved thematic coding and a grounded theory approach. The findings suggest that parents’ (in this case, mothers’) diasporic and minoritized cultural experiences play a large role in shaping their heritage language and culture ideologies, goals, strategies, and practices. Their remarkable ability to curate a positive culture for their children in turn addresses some of the personal and intergenerational traumas, concerns, and great cultural assets that are part of their intersectional identities. The study presents an innovative model for a “Heritage Language and Culture Transmission Process for Parents” and includes recommendations and future directions for research, public policy, and community-level interventions.