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Welcome to My Undocumented Life! A place where we can document our lives as undocumented immigrants. MyUndocumentedLife.org is dedicated to providing up-to-date information and resources for undocumented immigrants. Here, you will find the latest on scholarship opportunities, immigration news, ways in navigating the educational system, and more.

• P.D. Soros Fellowship Open to Undocumented Students: Register for Upcoming Webinar!

  By My Undocumented Life on June 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is a $90,000 graduate school fellowship that is open to undocumented students (with or without DACA) who graduated from high school and college in the US and are now pursuing graduate… Read More ›

• Meet UndocuGrad Luz (M.A. in Education)

  By My Undocumented Life on June 24, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  For this week’s UndocuGrad spotlight, we are excited to feature Luz’s experience and advice. Luz migrated to the US at the age of 14 years old and has navigated the higher educational system as an undocumented student without DACA. She… Read More ›

• US Supreme Court Decision on DACA: Updates & Resources

  By My Undocumented Life on June 18, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  (Last updated on December 7 2020) in a 5-4 victory, the US Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA on June 18th, 2020. Since then, the administration has responded by continuing to issue ongoing attacks on the… Read More ›

• 2020 Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest: Open to Undocumented College Students

  By My Undocumented Life on June 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By KENIA The Lincoln Forum is now accepting applications for its annual scholarship opportunity. There are three separate award amounts: 1st Prize $1500 | 2nd Prize $750 | 3rd Prize $500. This opportunity is open to undocumented college students. On their… Read More ›

• Anti-negritud: La colonialidad de nuestras comunidades

  By My Undocumented Life on June 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Por BETO Desde acá, a algunes miembres de la comunidad Latina no pertenecientes a la comunidad negra, se nos hace fácil apuntar dedos y opinar sobre cuando y como las protestas por brutalidad policial contra esta comunidad deberían de llevarse… Read More ›

• Covid19 State Financial Assistance for Undocumented & Mixed-Status Families in Illinois

  By My Undocumented Life on June 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Illinois Immigration Funders Collaborative are providing direct assistance to families that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its… Read More ›

• 2021 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship: Open to Undocumented Students for Graduate School

  By My Undocumented Life on June 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship provides up to $90,000 in financial support over two years of graduate school. This is an opportunity open to immigrants who graduated from both high school and college in the United States, regardless of… Read More ›

• Job Opportunity: Dream Center Coordinator at Cal Poly

  By My Undocumented Life on June 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Cal Poly, a nationally-ranked public university on the California Central Coast, is hiring a Dream Center Coordinator who can directly work with undocumented students and their families. More specifically, the Coordinator will assist “with the planning, development, implementation, and assessment… Read More ›

• [June 2020] My Undocumented Life Newsletter

  By My Undocumented Life on June 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Many undocumented community members across the country are doing their best to mentally prepare for the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on DACA, while also participating in ongoing Black Lives Matter protests across the country (as UndocuBlack community members or… Read More ›

• Building Solidarity & Strengthening Ties Between the Immigrant Rights and Black Lives Matter Movements

  By My Undocumented Life on May 31, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By PATRICIA, RAMON, MIRIAM, and CAROLINA The United States is currently in the middle of an upheaval prompted by yet another murder of a Black community member at the hands of police. On May 25, George Floyd was murdered by four police officers… Read More ›

• 2020 HACU Scholarship Program: Open to Undocumented Students

  By My Undocumented Life on May 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By KENIA The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) helps to administer scholarship opportunities provided by their partners. Some of the scholarships that they list are open to all undocumented students, while others are only open to those with DACA,… Read More ›

• Preparing for the Upcoming DACA Decision & Coping with Its Aftermath: Recommendations for School Administrators, Educators, Counselors, and Undocumented Students

  By My Undocumented Life on May 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  By NORMA, DIANA, and CAROLINA Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an executive order that was implemented by President Obama in June 2012 in response to growing immigrant youth-led organizing across the country. DACA provided a type of liminal immigration status where… Read More ›