By DAYSI I was unsure whether I would ever enroll in college after high school, let alone become a professor and researcher. My journey to higher education mirrors the experiences of many undocumented immigrants and deeply motivated my work in the… Read More ›
Guest interview featuring Joel As part of the UndocuScholarship series at My Undocumented Life, we had the opportunity to interview Joel who is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s data science initiative. Joel has led efforts to support undocumented students in… Read More ›
Guest interview featuring Alonso As part of the UndocuScholarship series at My Undocumented Life, we had the opportunity to interview Alonso who is currently the Middle School & Family Engagement Director and Ethnic Studies Adjunct Faculty at Salt Lake Community… Read More ›
By RAFA Have you ever heard the common expression, “life is like a movie”? As a four-year-old child, who arrived with my family in South Central, Los Angeles in the early 90s, my life felt like a movie. However, the movie… Read More ›
By LUCY, CAROLINA, and RACHEL At My Undocumented Life Blog, we are excited to announce a new series called UndocuScholarship: Research by Formerly and Currently Undocumented Scholars. With support from The UndocuScholars Project at the Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and… Read More ›
The Spring 2021 issue of the Harvard Educational Review is out and I had the opportunity to contribute an article titled, “I Became a Mom Overnight: How Parental Detentions and Deportations Impact Young Adults’ Roles and Educational Experiences.” The article… Read More ›
By DANIELA A growing body of research on undocumented migration explores the production of U.S. immigration policy and enforcement, including its effects on undocumented and mixed-status families (where at least one member is undocumented). Research on the lived experiences of undocumented… Read More ›
My Undocumented Life and UndocuPhDs have partnered to curate a list of publications that are written by currently or formerly undocumented folks. This is a growing list that includes books, dissertations/MA thesis, academic articles, chapters, and reports. You can find… Read More ›
The Center for Engaged Scholarship (CES), an organization created by and for social scientists, is now accepting applications for its dissertation fellowship opportunity, which provides $25,000 in funding to “Ph.D students in the social sciences who have already completed all… Read More ›
Katy is currently a doctoral student in American Studies at Yale University. She recently published a chapter titled, “Undocumented Queer Parenting,” as part of the “We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States” book. Her… Read More ›