Welcome to the MhmKay Podcast with Molly Roth and Kenisha Lamarre! We hope you enjoy this episode of our podcast dedicated to social justice, social commentary, and girl talks. In this episode, we interviewed Nayeli Gonzalez, a Political Science and Anthropology Double Major at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. We discussed what it means to be undocumented, and what migrating to the United States as a minor truly looks like. 

Nayeli Gonzalez is a political scientist and anthropologist. She enjoys mentoring undergraduate students for the Student Immigrant Program and helping to rebuild CASA Latinx through student engagement. She is extremely passionate about human rights and hopes to make a difference for vulnerable immigrant communities that need representation. In her free time, she enjoys exploring beautiful national parks, photography, painting, writing, illustrating, and gaining knowledge of physics and its interactions with our physical world. 

(Disclaimer: this conversation might be triggering to some as this is a complex issue with many layers. Please remember to be kind).

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Time Stamps
Nayeli’s Story (El Salvador -> USA):
(00:00) - Nayeli’s Story Continued
(01:00) - Generational Trauma
(04:00) - ICE Administered Schooling for “Unaccompanied” Children
(05:30) - Seeing Family Again
(08:00) - Surviving the Migration
(11:30) - The Risk of Speaking Out
(13:45) - Reaching a New Home & Reuniting with Loved Ones
(15:40) - Fighting the Legal System
(17:00) - Federally Closing an Asylum Case
(18:20) - In College & Undocumented 
(20:45) - Resources for Undocumented Students
(25:35) - Stop Using the Term “Illegal Alien”
(27:00) - Undocumented in School & Bullies 
(28:20) - Looking Back on Nayeli’s Migration
(31:00) - Experiencing Death on the Journey
(35:45) - A Message To America
(38:14) - Takeaways
(39:32) - Closings & Goodbyes 

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Relevant Links:
https://umb.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/casalatina
https://www.instagram.com/casalatinxumb/
https://umb.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/sim
https://www.umb.edu/life_on_campus/multiculturalaffairs/isp
https://immigrantsrising.org
https://mydocumentedlife.org
https://www.undocuprofessionals.net
https://www.facebook.com/Student.Immigrant.Movement/ 

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