DACA Recipient: An Interview with M.A.

“My mom learned to navigate all of these resources and stuff early on and she’s the one that taught me how to take care of that. And now as an adult because of what my dad went through and his injuries trying to get back to the U.S., no. I don’t talk about any of this. I really hesitate, but I guess I am very cognizant of what information I share. So, yea, if I am applying to something and they ask me questions about my dad and they’re a little bit more personal I probably wouldn’t go through with it.” -M.A., 24-year-old, New Jersey. She was born in Mexico and able to qualify and benefit from DACA, her parents were not. When she was seven years old, her father was deported.