For the Dallas DREAMers Oral History Project. DREAM Team activist. Immigrating with her family from Monterey, Mexico at the age of five; being a role model to younger siblings; struggles in school with limited access of support for non-English speaking students; church involvement; early work life; invited to be the first Dreamer to speak to the Texas Senate and share her story; DREAM Act, DACA influence; journey in higher education; invited in 2015 to Washington D.C. to hear Pope Francis address Congress; political views and personal and spiritual growth.