When did you first get involved with the immigrant rights movement? I’m a DACA recipient, my friend was also a DACA recipient, so when we heard that Trump rescinded DACA, we were really scared of what was next. We heard that there was going to be a walk out, and...
How will this scholarship impact your life? My ultimate goal is to work in health administration to be able to implement new policies or new programs to make healthcare more available to underrepresented populations. I got my bachelor’s in health advocacy, and...
“Being undocumented and experiencing the struggle for receiving some type of benefit or relief, which is what DACA has meant to me –– being able to benefit from the rewards of that advocacy that people before me participated in –– makes me want to do the same...
When did you first become involved with CIRC? “I’ve been a volunteer for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition on and off since 2012, mainly just showing up to rallies and supporting in any way I could, but then in 2017 DACA was threatened, and I’m a DACA...
What is your favorite memory of CIRC? A favorite memory at CIRC is the recent Cory Gardner meet and greet. Just being part of that, and seeing us being able to hold him accountable for not taking action on the Dream & Promise Act, was like, “Oh my gosh, this...