Dr. Rios’s research program involves participatory action research at a public charter school in Houston, Texas. The school Dr. Rios collaborates with has been developing a holistic approach to serving students who do not have basic needs met. Dr. Rios and a team of undergraduate and master’s level students are compiling student demographic data to better understand successful student outcomes at the high school. She is developing a model based on the high school’s practices, highlighting successful student outcomes grounded in the collectivistic cultural values of the Latinx community. She has presented this research at national and local conferences, and future plans include publishing in professional journals as well as sharing this research with schools who wish to move away from a zero tolerance model of education and toward a model based on positive reinforcements.