Against All Odds

This page is dedicated to all undocumented students who have continued their pursuit of higher education despite the barriers that many individuals without a legal residency face.This page is also dedicated to all students who would benefit from the passage of the Dream Act, which would enable them to actually  practice their degrees in their respective fields of study as educated professionals and contributing members of society.
FEATURED STUDENT:

My Struggle for Existence
By: Antonia Rivera

Today I ran into another of my high school buddies. “Don’t you
recognize me? I played the sax,” he told me. “You look different,” Ireplied. “I grew up!” was his answer. And then the same questionthat haunts me over and over again was asked, “By now you should be finishing college. Where are you going to work at?” followed by a,“You should work at National Geographic” suggestion after I told him I did not know what I was going to do with my B.A. in Literary Journalism. Victor, like Breysi and Yolanda, and all of my old high school teachers and peers always knew I would make it; after all, I was an honor roll student, the Band’s Treasurer, the French Club’s Vice-President, the Key Clubber, the Most Improved Runner in Cross- country for three straight years and one of the few who got chosen to benefit from all the selective UC Early Academic Outreach programs that outreach out ONLY to students whom they know are on the A-G track, and are what some people call “college material.”  Ironic, the surface can be so deceiving. (Read more)