Categories: In the Media
Published June 7, 2019.
Julio Navarrete, who was previously Immigrants Rising’s former Arts & Creativity Manager and now serves on our Leadership Council, has been named “Teacher of the Year” at American High School, the largest in Fremont.
Six years ago, Navarrete won political asylum in the U.S.…
Categories: In the Media
Published June 10, 2019.
DACA has been key in convincing undocumented young people that pursuing education is worth the investment, and there’s a concern that both high school graduation rates and college enrollment rates among undocumented youth could plummet without it.…
Categories: In the Media
Published May 29, 2019.
New Latthivongskorn, 2010 and 2011 Scholarship Fund Recipient and Co-founder of Pre-Health Dreamers, became the first undocumented student to graduate from the UCSF School of Medicine. There are approximately 120 undocumented students currently in medical school.…
Categories: In the Media
Published May 23, 2019.
Iliana Perez, Director of Research and Entrepreneurship, received her PhD in Education Policy, Evaluation and Reform from Claremont Graduate University. There are very few undocumented students in graduate school, and Latinos account for less than 5% of doctorates in the United States.…
Categories: In the Media
Published May 23, 2019.
Luis Rivera, Community Engagement Fellow from 2017 to 2019, becomes one of the two undocumented students accepted into Harvard Medical School this year.
Read the full story: DACA recipient heads to Harvard Medical School (ABC7)…
Categories: In the Media
Published April 29, 2019.
Sierra College is working towards building undocumented student center and bringing more services for undocumented students on their two campuses, including personalized enrollment assistance, personal, career and academic counseling, financial aid assistance, student engagement center, on-campus food pantry, free legal consultations and more.…
Categories: In the Media
Published April 25, 2019.
Norma Vizcaino, an Immigrants’ Rising Student Fellow, a DACA recipient and a computer science major, said immigrant students can often feel alone and isolated because it’s difficult to ask for help without feeling like a target.
“The Dreamer Center on campus is so important because students like me have somewhere visible to go to and ask for help and meet people you can trust,” said Vizcaino, a first-generation college student.…
Categories: General Announcements, In the Media
Join Immigrants Rising’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Katharine Gin, New York Times journalists Miriam Jordan and Kirk Semple, and Holly Cooper from the UC Davis Immigration Clinic for a discussion about “immigration in the Trump era” and what’s happening on our borders and in our cities, including San Francisco.…
Categories: In the Media
Published January 29, 2019.
A group of Bakersfield College staff and students and community organizers gathered for the first time Friday afternoon on campus since receiving the Project Conexiones grant, also known as the California Campus Catalyst Fund. Bakersfield College is one of 33 California schools to receive the California Campus Catalyst Fund, a three-year initiative program funded and overseen by Immigrants Rising.…
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"I’ve been completely inspired and impressed by what undocumented young people have accomplished despite all the obstacles."