Latine Co-Lab brings together research, education, and community expertise to make institutional communication clearer, more accessible, and more responsive to Spanish-speaking communities.

Research

We study how language, design, and institutional practices shape access.

Transform

We redesign complex institutional documents using Plain Language and community expertise.

Collaborate

Students, researchers, educators, and community members work together to test and improve communication.

We learn → Diagnose → Transform → Validate juntxs 🚥

Collaborate with us

Plain Legal Spanish in Financial Contracts

Ana Ortega Pérez and Angélica González-Bastidas present at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (AAAL, 2025)

Plain Language and access in Spanish

AAAL, 2025

"High-Tech, High Clarity: AI-Driven Plain Language for California's Multilingual Communities” at the Brussels Plain Language Experience 2025

Plain Language

What does Plain Language mean to you?

¿Qué es para ti el Lenguaje Claro?

Express to explain, not to impress

And, take care your savings

Latine Co-Lab Symposium Brief

On December 5, 2025, the first Latine Co-Lab Symposium welcomed more than 100 participants, students and members of the Davis community, to explore how clear, inclusive communication can strengthen access, trust, and belonging. Speakers from Univision, UC Riverside, and UC Davis connected Plain Language, storytelling, linguistic identity, digital communication, and community-centered research.