It is imperative for American students of all backgrounds to develop open-minded and respectful cultural awareness through education, empathy, and understanding. Latinx children’s books are valuable resources that are beneficial in instilling positive self-esteem and a strong sense of identity within marginalized students through a combination of narrative and visual elements. Through this medium, which can act as metaphorical "windows and doors," children can begin to gain agency and their own powerful voices, which can spark social and political change through authentic awareness and cultural appreciation. Therefore, it is necessary to include these narratives within school curricula to promote academic belongingness within the American classroom. In this thesis, I will discuss the racist and derogatory discourse prevalent throughout American politics, which creates discrimination and bullying within the classroom, and I will be advocating for the mandatory inclusion of culturally responsive material in every United States’ classroom, including the use of Latinx picture books to combat this rhetoric.