The Ethnic Youth Risk & Resilience Lab, of Palo Alto University, engages research interests that fall within the Child and the Community Mental Health foci. The goal of the Ethnic Youth Risk & Resilience Lab is to create research that informs the understanding of how multiple factors assail and contribute to positive outcomes among youth, but especially those exposed to greater risk. The Ethnic Youth Risk & Resilience Lab also explores father-child relationships as an under-examined resource in the lives of families and youth.