Author: Alberto Avendaño La Primera Dama, Michelle Obama, no para. Y no es un piropo, es una realidad. Y su energía parece multiplicarse cuando se trata del tema educativo. El 23 de julio mantuvo una sesión en la Casa Blanca, llena de buenas vibraciones, con más de 130 estudiantes que van a ir a la universidad.…
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Michelle Obama, sí se puede a la educación
July 29, 2015
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College Track Students Join First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House
July 27, 2015
From: College Track Our trailblazing students Samrawit Keleta and Cendy De La Torre (a TheDream.US scholar) joined First Lady Michelle Obama and 130 college-bound students from across the country to participate in the 2015 Beating the Odds Summit on Thursday, July 23. As part of the First Lady’s Reach Higher initiative, these students represent a…
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TheDream.US Scholars to attend “Beating the Odds” Summit, hosted by the First Lady at the White House
July 22, 2015
Arlington, VA – July 22, 2015 We are very proud of our Dream scholars Allison Barrera and Ilder Garcia, both 2015 recipients of TheDream.US scholarship, for being selected out of hundreds of students across the nation to attend a very special event, sponsored by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher education initiative. The event will take place…
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Zury Amaro – Mount Washington College
July 22, 2015
Family means everything to DREAMer Zury Gonzalez-Amaro. She came to the U.S from Oaxaca, Mexico with her mother and siblings in 1993, when she was 10 years old. They made the journey to reunite with her father, who was already living in New Jersey. Fully aware of her status and inability to attend college, Zury…
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Yulissa Chung Loo – Kingsborough Community College
July 15, 2015
– Full Name Yulissa Chung Loo. – Date of Birth January 8, 1996. – Where were you born? Panama (my heritage is Chinese). – How old were you when you came to the US? What were the circumstances? When I first came to the U.S. I was seven years old. At that time, my parents…
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Javier Silva – Arizona State University (online)
July 8, 2015
Snowboarding, Starbucks, and media production all make up part of DREAMer Javier Silva’s life journey so far. It started in Sinaloa, Mexico where he was born. His parents’ separation when he was five years old provided the catalyst for his immigration to the United States. His mother, destitute in Mexico without food or money, decided…
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July 1, 2015
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Zuckerberg-Backed Rosslyn Non-Profit Helps Immigrants Realize College Dreams
June 30, 2015
Author: Mariah Joyce Last week, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, announced a $5 million donation to a non-profit right here in Arlington. The announcement came via a Facebook post to Zuckerberg’s 32.7 million followers which has reached 153,072 likes and counting. The organization in question, TheDream.US, is a scholarship fund designed to…
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June 26, 2015
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Dreamers no longer face legal barriers to college, but cost burdens are just as bad
June 26, 2015
Authors: Amanda Bennett and Carlos Gutierrez Thanks to an executive action by President Barack Obama, Dreamers – the sons and daughters of undocumented immigrants who have been in the US since they were children – now have the ability to attend college. But too many aren’t pursuing higher education because they don’t have the means…