I arrived with my parents and younger brother in 1995, when I was eight years old.
I am the daughter of immigrants and I have grown up in a community
surrounded by immigrants from different countries.
I'm an immigrant from the Philippines. I came to the United States almost fourteen years ago.
I am a DACA recipient.
I'm an immigrant. I'm a really proud immigrant. I came to this country
when I was not quite ten, from England.
I came to California when I was 17 years old.
I was born in the city of Beirut in the country called Lebanon to parents
who are Syrian origin.
I came to the States in 1997. My grandparents raised me.
And they wanted to come to America to get me a better opportunity and a better place to grow up in.
The one word that I think would really symbolize my
trajectory is what I call the undocu-hustle. For all of us who come to this
country as undocumented individuals looking for a better life we have to
hustle through anything nothing is given to us many opportunities are simply not
available to us creating good immigration policy in California is also
good politics it's also good economics thankfully I was able to be granted
financial aid through the California Dream Act so I could attend school which
was to me was a blessing because the DREAM Act came into effect as soon as I
got out of high school it's just an absolute fact that our economy would be
doing much much worse if we didn't have the infusion of energy from immigrants
even though there are forces out there that continue to resist to acknowledge
our existence within our society I know that there are also well intended people
ahran office and who are gonna help us change the landscape of our community in
the state of California and nationally I've seen California do a lot for my
family and for my community I know that there's a lot of efforts coming from the
government working towards helping ensure that the transitions into this
country and the protections in this country are available it's very scary to
wake up one morning and realize that your parents aren't gonna be there
anymore just because they tried their best to come to this country in order to
provide for their kids a better future undocumented immigrants are more than
just a number you know we shouldn't have to fight for you know human dignity and
respect every single day know that we tried to drive in the land we call home
and so for me like I really urge you know everyone to consider the humanity
of undocumented immigrants and to really uplift their narratives there's a reason
why we the California is this way because we have chosen inclusionary
policies rather than exclusionary policies and we have chosen to look at
migration as a positive thing rather than
good thing California would not be leading the nation in terms of growth
and hopefully more equitable growth if it weren't for the fact that we are made
up of immigrants in this state our own safety our own security our own
prosperity depends on elevating everyone everyone status everyone's level of
security level of growth education economy this is my my hope that we can
come together as human beings as Californians and make sure we uplift one
another inspire one another I truly believe we have a calling we have a
mission we have a mandate not only to make our state better our country better
but I think and I hope we will be the hope for the rest of the world too we
have the ability to create our own opportunities we have the ability to
start our own businesses we have the ability to earn a living as independent
contractors without having to take anything from anybody instead through
entrepreneurship through our creativity through our innovation we're actually
able to really give back and even hire US citizens we're not giving up on this
fight even with the administration that we currently have even with the push
backs we're still not giving up we're out there in the streets protesting
we're out in the Capitol advocating and lobbying and doing all kinds of
different things to make sure that our public officials are being held to the
highest standards to reflect the communities here in California
which are primarily immigrant communities California is very dear to
me California is the state of opportunities
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