Taller Arte de Amanecer | UC Davis College of Letters and Science

Lisceth Brazil-Cruz, right, a Chicana/o studies alumna, earned her Ph.D. from the UC Davis School of Education in in educational policy and school organization. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and with the Department of Chicana/o Studies. Here she works with Professor Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, left, to train a team of undergraduate students to collect data in a research project with teenage Mexican immigrants in the Central Valley. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis

Chicana/o Studies Majors Prepared to Shape the Future

Students Steeped in Community Service, Cultural Expression, Theory and Analysis Outreach Through Art

A highlight of the Chicana/o Studies Program is the Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer (TANA), based in Woodland, the county seat of Yolo Country about 15 miles from Davis.

A collaborative partnership between the UC Davis program and the greater Woodland community, TANA offers a silkscreen studio, Chicano/Latino arts exhibition space and a teaching center for the arts.