Blanca E. Rubio: Blanca came to the U.S. with her family as an undocumented child. She and her family were deported 2 times while she was young. Blanca eventually became a U.S. citizen; she went to school in inner-city Los Angles, attended college and became a teacher and student advocate. She was elected to the California State Assembly where she advocates for the safety of teens and women facing domestic violence, seeks resources to support dreamers and all underserved student populations including foster youth. Blanca believes her success will encourage other undocumented boys and girls that they too can triumph or the obstacles they face too.
Enrique Diaz: Arrived in the U.S. undocumented age 2, by age 6 he was a full-time migrant child farmworker. Enrique’s family moved often following the harvests. His family took shelter in abandoned buildings, or vacant mobile homes. They didn’t have running water, power or sewer. He studied at Cal Poly SLO; during his last year in college, Enriquewas hired by Apple as an R&D scientist/engineer where he contributed to the development of pivotal Apple products such as the Bondi Blue iMac, the Cube, iPad, and MacBook Pro.