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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.

• 2017 DreamSF Fellowship: Open to immigrant youth in San Francisco, CA

  By My Undocumented Life on March 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The DreamSF Fellowship is an opportunity for immigrant young adults to serve immigrant communities in San Francisco, California. Fellows work 20 hours/week with an immigrant-serving nonprofit or public organization in San Francisco. Fellows receive a stipend of $8,400 over the… Read More ›

• Coming Out of the Shadows: A Call to all Formerly Undocumented Immigrants

  By My Undocumented Life on March 2, 2017 • ( 12 )

  By ROBERT Over the past few weeks, like many others in the immigrant community, my emotions have been fluctuating between two different states: depression and outrage. As someone who lived undocumented in this country for 20 years, watching coverage of the… Read More ›

• College Spotlight: Florida State University

  By My Undocumented Life on February 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  By MARIA Florida State University is located on the northern part of Florida, which is closest to the Georgia/Florida/Alabama border. On February 22, students voted to make FSU a sanctuary campus. Here are some of the resources that undocumented students can find… Read More ›

• 2017 Chicana Latina Foundation Scholarship: Open to Undocumented Students in California

  By My Undocumented Life on February 17, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

    The Chicana Latina Foundation (CLF) is a non-profit organization which promotes professional and leadership development of Latinas. Each year, the Foundation awards merit-based scholarships of $1,500 each to Latina college students. Here are the eligibility requirements: Be a woman… Read More ›

• Job Opportunity: Undocumented student program coordinator at UC Merced

  By My Undocumented Life on February 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The University of California, Merced is hiring a coordinator to work with undocumented students. The coordinator will be in charge of providing “counseling and advising to targeted students, with a focus on the needs of Undocumented students eligible under AB… Read More ›

• College Spotlight: California State University, San Marcos

  By My Undocumented Life on January 26, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  For today’s “College Spotlight”, I am happy to share with you all the work that educators, staff members, and students at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) are doing to support the undocumented community. Website: When I was an undergrad student… Read More ›

• College Spotlight: De Paul University

  By My Undocumented Life on January 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  By BRENDA DePaul University is a Catholic university located in Chicago, Illinois. They are committed to supporting undocumented students in a number of ways: Website: Here you will find information and resources that are specific to undocumented students who are interested… Read More ›

• 2017 Dream Summer Fellowship: Open to undocumented immigrant youth

  By My Undocumented Life on January 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The UCLA Labor Center recently announced this year’s Dream Summer Fellowship. Participants are placed in social justice organizations for 10 weeks to incorporate and strengthen the inclusion of undocumented immigrant issues onto the organization’s social justice work. Dream Summer participants receive… Read More ›

• 2017 MANA de San Diego Scholarship: Open to Undocumented Students

  By My Undocumented Life on January 13, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  MANA de San Diego awards scholarships to Latinas in community college, 4-year university, and graduate school. About $15,000-$30,000 in scholarships are awarded yearly. This scholarship opportunity is open to undocumented students. Recipients are selected based on academic and non-academic criteria of the applicant… Read More ›

• 2017 Davis-Putter Scholarship: Open to Undocumented Students

  By My Undocumented Life on January 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Davis-Putter Fund recently announced this year’s scholarship opportunity! This $10,000 scholarship is for undergraduate and graduate students who are active in social justice movements. The Fund considers the applicant’s contribution to social justice, ability to perform academically, and relevance of educational… Read More ›

• Paid Summer Health Internship Program

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

  

  By ROSSANA The Occupational Health Internship Program is a full-time, paid summer internship opportunity for students to get real-life experience addressing the needs of workers employed in under-served or high hazard jobs. Projects are based in San Francisco, LA, Pacific NW,… Read More ›

• Financial and Legal Assistance for DACA Applications Instagram Contest

  By My Undocumented Life on December 19, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The Immigration Law Offices of Hadley Bajramovic in California is a professional corporation of staff and attorneys who specialize in providing a wide range of immigration services (e.g. legal assistance applying to DACA).  Currently, they are hosting a contest on Instagram. There will… Read More ›