A Tale of the Undocumented (Part 1): A 2000 Mile Journey Across the Border
Nineteen-ninety marked the beginning of a new journey. My family decided to cross the Rio Grande into the United States. I do not remember much of the journey, since I was only two years old, but my...
View ArticleA Tale of the Undocumented (Part 2): Navigating My First Year in College
(This is a five part series. Read PART ONE) My first year in college was in 2007. It felt like an intense roller coast ride where at times I felt like my life was ready to change tracks on me at any...
View ArticleA Tale of the Undocumented (Part 3): The Rough Road to Graduation
(This is third in a five part series. Read PART ONE and PART TWO) The next three years weren’t going to be easy, but I had to do everything I possibly could to be ready for the challenge. I decided to...
View ArticleA Tale of the Undocumented (Part 4): No One Understands Me
(This is a five part series. Read Part One here, part two here, and part three here.) I volunteered after school, during the summer, and even on the weekends for the Boys and Girls Club, YMCA, and...
View ArticleA Tale of the Undocumented (Part 5): Ways to Help
(This is the fifth of a five part series. Feel free to read part one, part two, part three, part four.) More than 65,000 undocumented students graduate from a United States high school each year. Since...
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