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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.

• Michigan Humanities Emerging Research Scholars Program: Opportunity open to DACA beneficiaries

  By My Undocumented Life on January 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The University of Michigan is hosting an Emerging Research Scholars Program (MICHHERS) to encourage rising seniors, recent B.A.’s, and Master’s students to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Michigan. The program runs from Monday June 11 to Saturday… Read More ›

• Going to College as an Undocumented Student in California

  By My Undocumented Life on January 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  By CAROLINA If you are an undocumented student living in the state of California, check out the following resources that can help you offset the costs related to pursuing a college education: 1. In-state tuition (Assembly Bill 540)As of 2001, eligible… Read More ›

• 2018 Point Foundation Scholarship Open to Undocumented LGBTQ Students

  By My Undocumented Life on January 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The Point Foundation is committed to empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential. They are the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students. They recently announced… Read More ›

• Job opportunity: Immigrant Student Success Manager at John Jay College

  By My Undocumented Life on December 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  John Jay College (a senior college of the City University of New York) is hiring an Immigrant Student Success Manager to lead the New America Student Support Center, which seeks to provide academic and social support for students who may… Read More ›

• Job opportunity: Assistant Director for Undocumented/DACA Student Support at Cornell University

  By My Undocumented Life on October 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Cornell University is hiring an Assistant Director to support undocumented students and members of mixed-status families. The Assistant Director would assist in planning, developing, implementing, and assessing programs and services that serve the undocumented student population at Cornell. Qualification for this… Read More ›

• DACA Renewal Scholarships

  By My Undocumented Life on September 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

    In light of the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, undocumented young adults with DACA have until October 5th of this year to submit their renewal applications if their current DACA expires before/on March… Read More ›

• The Trump Administration Rescinded DACA. What You Need to Know.

  By My Undocumented Life on September 5, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Earlier this summer, Ken Paxton (attorney general of Texas) issued a statement where he called on the current administration to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) federal program. Ken was joined by 10 other states who threatened to… Read More ›

• Job Opportunity: Undocumented Student Coordinator at San Jose State University

  By My Undocumented Life on September 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  San Jose State University is hiring a a Coordinator for the UndocuSpartan Resource Center. The Center provides leadership, strategic planning, and works, collaboratively with the center’s staff to create a safe space aimed at supporting the educational access, success, retention,… Read More ›

• 2018 Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans: Open to Undocumented Graduate Students with DACA

  By My Undocumented Life on September 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans supports one to two years of graduate study in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program in the United States. Each award is for up to $25,000 in stipend support, as well as… Read More ›

• 2018 Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: Open to undocumented graduate students with DACA

  By My Undocumented Life on August 30, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Ford Foundation is committed to increasing the diversity of the country’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will… Read More ›

• Traveling abroad with DACA: Andrea’s experience and advice!

  By My Undocumented Life on August 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  By ANDREA Did you seek legal counsel for your advance parole application? I did seek legal advice because I was new to the whole process and did not know anyone, personally, who had gone through this. However, the lawyer I contacted knew… Read More ›

• Job Opportunity: Adviser to the Director of the Undocumented Student Center at UC Davis

  By My Undocumented Life on August 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The University of California, Davis is hiring an adviser to the Director of the AB 540 and Undocumented Student Center. The mission of the Center is to “empower students in attaining their educational goals, overcome their legal and financial obstacles and… Read More ›