Undocu-Life: No Longer Dreaming

How does growing up an immigrant—born in one place, coming of age in another—affect who you become? How do the traumas of coming to a new country as a child affect early adulthood? Why are immigrants viewed as statistics rather than human beings with real thoughts, emotions, and aspirations? How does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the term "DREAMers" enforce the perception of what a "good immigrant" looks like? We’ll explore these questions, and more, in our podcast, Undocu-Life, hosted by Jose Luis Mendoza & Lucía Matamoros. In this podcast, we seek to humanize people who have migrated to the U.S. in search of better opportunities and to tell their unique stories. Together, we’ll explore the raw personal accounts of five young Latino immigrants living in the D.C. area, and how their shared experiences as immigrants have brought both opportunities and challenges to their adult lives. In Undocu-Life, immigrants are not statistics. They’re human beings. For updates, follow us on all social media platforms @holaculturadc, and don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, which is brought to you by Hola Cultura with support from the D.C. Oral History Collaborative.