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Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández - Pegasus Professor of History at the University of Central Florida, Award-Winning Scholar in the Fields of Cuban and Caribbean Studies & Author of "When the World Turned Upside Down"

Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández

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Latino Legacies (Cultural and Financial)

By the year 2040, according to the Urban Institute, Latinos will comprise 70% of new homeowners.

Which racial/ethnic groups have the lowest rate of retirement preparedness?

Which racial/ethnic groups have the lowest rate of financial worry?

Curiously, while having a lower level of financial security, Latinos/Hispanics worry less about finances.

Dr. Luis Martinez-Fernandez offers the answer that this paradox is explained by culture and talks about the cultural factors affecting savings, home ownership, and wealth building.

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Books by Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández

When the World Turned Upside Down: Politics, Culture, and the Unimaginable Events of 2019-2022 - Book by Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández

When the World Turned Upside Down: Politics, Culture, and the Unimaginable Events of 2019-2022” (2023)

When the World Turned Upside Down: Politics, Culture, and the Unimaginable Events of 2019-2022

The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History - Book by Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández

The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History” (2020)

The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History

Torn between Empires: Economy, Society, and Patterns of Political Thought in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1840-1878 - Book by Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández

Torn between Empires: Economy, Society, and Patterns of Political Thought in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1840-1878” (2018)

Torn between Empires: Economy, Society, and Patterns of Political Thought in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1840-1878

Key to the New World: A History of Early Colonial Cuba - Book by Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández

Key to the New World: A History of Early Colonial Cuba” (2018)

Key to the New World: A History of Early Colonial Cuba

Revolutionary Cuba: A History - Book by Dr. Luis Martínez-Fernández

Revolutionary Cuba: A History” (2014)

Revolutionary Cuba: A History

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