Assistant Professor Saskias Casanova co-published this 2023 article with post-doctoral researcher Melissa Mesinas in Child Development Perspectives, providing nuanced perspectives to studying social and emotional learning (SEL) in Indigenous communal and familial contexts. It examines how the Indigenous value of comunalidad, a collaborative way of thinking to achieve collective well-being, and story-telling to pass down Indigenous knowledge systems contributes to social and emotional learning competencies for youth.