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During my last year at the University of California Irvine, I helped undocumented students achieve equality in the U.S. as the chair of an AB 540 support group called DREAMs at UCI. Under AB 540, undocumented students are exempt from paying higher out-of-state college tuition if they attended a California high school for 3 or more years and graduated or received a GED. When California passed the DREAM Act, I truly felt like I helped pass a torch of perseverance. My involvement on campus ignited a new passion in me: grassroots organizing.

Here are some of the obstacles we’ve faced on our road to change:

1. Lack of public transportation.

2. The strong anti-immigrant sentiment.

3. Location.