Erick T, 27, Los Angeles, Born in Mexico City I’m starting my second semester of law school after growing up thinking that I should limit my expectations because of poverty and few professional role models. But my par ...
Daily Archives: February 14, 2017
Mithi DR.
Mithi DR, 31, Los Angeles, CA, Born in the Philippines It has taken me 26 years to become a legal resident, so I know far too much about deferred dreams. I first came to the U.S. with my family. Although we had hopes of ...
Alfredo S.
Alfredo S, 36, Pacific Grove, CA, Born in Mexico When I first came to the States from Mexico in 1999, I stayed with a friend. I came on my own and spent days in the desert without food and water. I knew there was a jo ...
Maria
Maria, 25, Detroit, Michigan, Born in Mexico My mother, younger brother and I came to the U.S. 16 years ago on a tourist visa when I was nine years old. We came to reunite with my dad who had been living in Detroit f ...
Emerson M.- Succesful Entrepreneur
Emerson M., 27, Menlo Park, CA, Born in Lima, Peru As an entrepreneur from Peru, I came to San Francisco when I was 17 to attend college, intent on studying computer engineering. My mom, a naturalized U.S. citizen, wa ...
Belen
Belen S, 21, Gilbert, Arizona, Born in Argentina The full meaning of being undocumented didn’t register with Belen until she was 16 -- when her friends started getting their drivers’ licenses, finding part-time jobs a ...
Diana S.
Diana S, 29, Los Angeles, CA Born in Mexico I’ve been working hard since I was 16. It’s one reason I didn’t finish high school until I was 20. Now I have three small children of my own and work full-time so it’s hard to ...
Maite D.
Maite D, 27, North Carolina, Born in Mexico I think of myself as an American because I’ve lived in the U.S. since I was 12. This is the home my parents sacrificed everything to provide for me. I graduated high school ...
Ana C.
Ana C, 42, Tremonton, UT, Born in El Salvador I remember wanting to kill myself when I was seven, but even on tiptoes, I couldn’t reach the rat poison. I was hopeless, living without the love I so needed as a child. M ...
Mayra H.
Mayra H, 24, Mount Vernon, NY, Born in Costa Rica I was only six months old when I came to the States with my mother and siblings on a tourist visa to reunite with my father who was already working here. My immediate ...
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