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After the meetings of the CLRN in Austin it has become clear to me that the only way in which I will become more engaged with my dissertation and finally be able finish the proposal, and to actually enjoy my writing is by reducing my focus and address perhaps two or three themes that bring together the different chapters/articles. It is also clear to me that I really don't want to homogenize the population I am speaking and although I will recognize issues of inequality and stratification in society, I need to focus more on the specific case studies and personal stories of the latino/hispanic teens from my study. Identity construction, flow, flux, and creativity and agency can be the them that crosses the settings I am analyzing: family, afterschool, and social network sites. Understanding how these youth develop their personal identities across this settings and how they deal with issues of biculturalism and assimilation to american society could be productive.