After Making History at Harvard, This Latina DACA Student to Earn PhD From Claremont
Photo courtesy of Univision and Remezcla
Read this heartwarming story about an amazing DACA student. Gloria Montiel’s entire educational trajectory can only be described as barrier breaking. Montiel – who in 2005 became the first Santa Ana High School student to attend Harvard – has now become the first Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient to graduate with a doctorate degree from Claremont University. At age 8, she and her parents left their native Mexico and moved to Santa Ana, California. Because she arrived into the country at a young age, she became eligible for DACA – which President Barack Obama introduced in 2012 to give young undocumented students the chance to attend school and work.
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