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Thanksgiving 2010. I didn’t have enough money to travel and be w/family, so I studied at @uidaholaw library with my roommate/good friend, Joseph. This was also the day I found out that I could not be admitted to the bar bc of my imm status. I was crushed. /1
I worked so hard not only to get there, but to stay there. I didn’t have access to $$ aid/loans (bc my imm status) so I had to pay tuition out of pocket. And I wouldn’t even be able to practice law at the end? I called my mom from cold af Idaho, cried, told her I was quitting /2
My mom wasn’t having it. She reminded me that the system made it so that people like us (low socioeconomic/undocumented) wouldn’t make it this far. She said: They can’t unteach what they’ll teach you. So work hard & we’ll figure the rest out later.
I cried more. I stayed. /3
I cried more. I stayed. /3
Of course, she was right. In 2012 #DACA came out (my last year of law school) and that has allowed me to practice law & work with amazing advocates. I’m so grateful that she talked me out of quitting &, more importantly, that she reminded me of a crucial trait:
Be relentless. /4
Be relentless. /4
