Edith Espinosa

          My name is Edith Espinosa and I'm 18 years old. I was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and came to America when I was only two years old along with my mother. I recently started attending Chabot, for the first time, this semester and I'm really excited to have the opportunity to be able to attend college and finally start going after a long four years in high school. When I'm done with school I'm planning to transfer to a university and major in microbiology to become a clinical lab scientist.  Before coming to Chabot I attended San Lorenzo High school for all four years. There I meet a lot of amazing people, found out what I wanted as a career, and had many great opportunities such as being accepted for the Dream Act and being able to joint the soccer team. 

          You most likely already know what the Dream  Act is but if you won't I'll be glad to fill you in on the great opportunities and privileges the Deam Act gives to young student immigrants like me. About two years ago I kept on wondering many things like how am I going to get a decent job here as an immigrant? How am I going to attend college? How will I ever even receive financial aid if I do? How will I ever be able to buy a home? I can't even open a bank account without a social security number? So many things I worried about it made me scared and discouraged to become an adult with so little opportunities here. Then just not long ago the Deam Act was made and accepted for young undocumented student in America. The process took months and a big amount of money but it was really worth it. Not everyone was allowed to have such a big privilege though. To apply be accepted for the Dream Act there were many things you had to do such as be I'm school(high school or middle school) or finish school, and have no criminal record what so ever, which made me even more proud to be part of the Dream Act.