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Julissa Arce

Immigrant Rights Advocate and Author, "My (Underground) American Dream"

Julissa Arce is a speaker, author, immigrant rights advocate and former Wall Street executive. She is an emerging and leading voice in the fight for immigrant rights and education equality. She is the chairman, and co-founder of the Ascend Educational Fund (AEF). AEF is a college scholarship and mentorship program for immigrant students in New York City, regardless of their ethnicity, national original or immigration status. She made national and international headlines when she revealed that she had achieved the American Dream of wealth and status at Goldman Sachs while undocumented.

August 8, 2017

If DACA Is At Risk, 800,000 American Lives Are Too
August 3, 2017

The RAISE Act Promises Minimum Wage Jobs For Americans
April 19, 2017

We Need Justice For Juan Manuel Montes
April 14, 2017

Reports Of United Passenger's 'Troubled Past' Points To America's Troubled Present

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March 1, 2017

The Police is Not All Bad, but The Officers that Are Should Be in Jail.

February 7, 2017

This Is Not A Time To Let A 'Who Has It Worse' Conversation Divide Black And Latino Communities
February 2, 2017

The Question Remains -- Who Will Pay for The Wall?
January 26, 2017

I Was One Of Those 'Illegals' Trump Claims Cost Him The Popular Vote
November 15, 2016

Lets Have A Conversation About Immigration
October 1, 2016

Why It's Time For Women to Interrupt Donald Trump
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