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How does growing up an immigrant — born in one place, coming of age in another — affect who you become? How do the traumas of coming to a new country as a child affect early adulthood? Why are immigrants viewed as statistics rather than human beings with real thoughts, emotions, and aspirations? How does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the term "DREAMers" enforce the perception of what a "good immigrant" looks like? We’ll explore these questions, and more, in our podcas ...
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¿Cómo difieren las experiencias migratorias? ¿Qué tienen en común? Desde que se lanzó Undocu-Life, hemos hablado con cinco narradores sobre sus experiencias migrando a los EE.UU. En nuestro último episodio en inglés, tres de nuestros narradores, Brenda Pérez Amador, Gerson Quinteros y María Núñez Pereira, se reúnen en un panel en el que nos cuentan…
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How do immigration experiences differ? How are they similar? Since Undocu-Life launched, we’ve spoken with five narrators about their own experiences with immigration. In our English-language conclusion episode, three of our narrators—Brenda Perez Amador, Gerson Quinteros, and Maria Nunez Pereira—come together for a roundtable discussion where they…
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Jacinto: Rejecting the “DREAMer” narrative
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How do undocumented immigrants facing social and economic injustices in the workplace and their own communities find the resources to thrive in the United States? D.C. organizer, using the pseudonym, Jacinto Maldonado Torres, came to Washington, D.C. in 2010 when he was 15 years old. Originally from Mexico City, he attended D.C. public schools and …
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Maria: The mental pressure of the “model immigrant”
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How does the Spanish-to-English language barrier affect young immigrants in a public school system? University of the District of Columbia (UDC) undergraduate, Maria Nunez Pereira, was born in El Salvador, and immigrated to D.C. when she was five years old. Upon arriving in the United States and enrolling into public school, Maria recalls being den…
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Brenda: Taking up space in social change
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How does language access affect how young immigrants navigate the public education system in America? Born in the city of Nezahualcóyotl in Mexico, Brenda Valeria Perez Amador is a passionate advocate for helping other young immigrants including those with the protection of DACA. Brenda, a DACA recipient herself, reflects on her love of learning, b…
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Gerson: Fostering education & inspiring community
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How does being undocumented interfere with the aspiration to pursue higher education in the US? Gerson Quinteros, born in El Salvador, explores how he navigated his legal status while achieving his goal of attaining a bachelor’s degree from a D.C. university. In this episode, Gerson reveals how he immigrated to D.C. in 2005 and became an influentia…
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What does it mean to call three different places home? Carla Nicole Gott Ramirez — born in Venezuela and raised in Bolivia and the Washington, D.C. area, explores how she was able to embrace these multiple identities within her after migrating to the United States from Bolivia in 2001. In this episode, Carla runs us through how her citizenship and …
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How does growing up an immigrant — born in one place, coming of age in another — affect who you become? Why are immigrants viewed as statistics rather than human beings with real thoughts, emotions, and aspirations? How does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the term "DREAMers" enforce the perception of what a "good immigrant" l…
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Introducing Undocu-Life: No Longer Dreaming [English Trailer]
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Welcome to “Undocu-Life” from Hola Cultura, with support from the D.C. Oral History Collaborative. In “Undocu-Life,” we’ll explore the unique stories of five young Latino immigrants living in the D.C. area. We interviewed these five people, also known as our narrators, last year as a part of an oral history project called “Every Voice A Life.” Take…
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Welcome to “Undocu-Life” from Hola Cultura, with support from the D.C. Oral History Collaborative. In “Undocu-Life,” we’ll explore the unique stories of five young Latino immigrants living in the D.C. area. We interviewed these five people, also known as our narrators, last year as a part of an oral history project called “Every Voice A Life.” Take…
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