XXXXXX was brought by her parents from Mexico to Flagstaff when she was 4 years old. She now is 22 years old, a physiotherapy student planning to graduate in May 2019 as a DACA recipient. She is also the owner of a local restaurant where she works as a cashier, cook, server, and does finances.br/ br/ strongldquo;We applied for residency and almost 20 years has past, and still they havenrsquo;t given us a response...rdquo;/strongbr/ br/ ldquo;When you are growing up you do not understand the limitations that you have yet. You know you are different and there are things that you cannot do, but you do not understand it yet. When you get to high school and everyone is driving with their license or making plans to graduate, and you think, ldquo;I've always wanted to go (to this university)rdquo; and then you see how many (barriers there are) and how much work there is to enter the university and IF you can enter the university. I think that is the (hardest) thing. There is not a lot of help, either. For example, I met with an advisor (about) the dual enrollment and I said, lsquo;I have a letter to be here, but I still do not have a residence. Where I can do it?rsquo; He said, lsquo;You know, I do not know anything about this, but we better keep quiet. Do not cause a problem. We do not know if they can deport your family or if they will report you. It is better to do nothingrsquo;. mdash;And after that, he did not speak to mehellip;ever again. This gives you more fear and you do not continue.br/ The truth is, after that, I did not want to continue. I said, lsquo;If he cannot help me, who will help me in school? How can I move forward when even he does not know? Then what I'm going to do? And is this putting my family at risk?rsquo; Because that's the most important thing. So, I finished there, and I was quieter. But in your mind, it is like, lsquo;Irsquo;m doing well in school, but then, for what?rsquo; If there is no opportunity to continuehellip;br/ When they announced the DACA, we made an appointment with a lawyer and we applied for it. I think the hard part is that you do not know what you're getting into and how much money it is going to cost. It is expensive because we need a lawyer and we need to go to Phoenix frequently.br/ And it is more difficult now. I think now that during Obama we were okay and we felt okay. We got used to the idea of having him here. But when Trump startedhellip; I died of fear. I could not imagine what would happen. And now that he wants to remove DACA, and then it is back and then it is not, so it is a lot that is happening. But I also think we are accustomed to something always happening and you have to have a plan B.br/ You always have to be ready for the unexpected. Just when it was announced that Trump was going to remove it, I said okaymdash; we are going to lose the restaurant. We are going to start again at zero. We are going to have to change everything again. I think it is difficult to think that you will lose everything you have worked for. I even thought I would have to quit school that year. I said I canrsquo;t go, I will not be able to pay all the money. I think this is the hardest thing. You find ways to do things but there is a point when everything comes at you at once and you say, lsquo;What am I going to do?rsquo;- I do not know.rdquo;br/ br/ ********************************************br/ br/ XXXXX fue traiacute;da por sus padres de Meacute;xico a Flagstaff cuando teniacute;a 4 antilde;os. Ella ahora tiene 22 antilde;os, es una estudiante de fisioterapia para graduarse en mayo 2019 como recipiente de DACA. Tambieacute;n ella es la duentilde;a de un restaurante local donde trabaja como cajera, cocinera, camarera, y hace las finanzas.br/ br/ strongldquo;Nos metimos aplicacioacute;n para residencia y se tardaron como 20 antilde;os ya y todaviacute;a no nos da respuesta..rdquo;/strongbr/br/ Cuando estas creciendo no entiendes los liacute;mites que tienes todaviacute;a. Sabes que eres diferente y que hay cosas que no puedes hacer, pero no lo entiendes bien todaviacute;a. Cuando llegas a la preparatoria y todos estaacute;n manejando con su licencia o estaacute;n haciendo planes para graduarse y tu piensas -O, yo siempre he querido ir a (esta universidad)- y luego ves que todo los cuantas (barreras hay) y cuaacute;nto trabajo estaacute; aquiacute; para poder entrar en la universidad y si PUEDES entrar en la universidad. Y creo que eso es lo maacute;s limitante. No hay tanta ayuda tampoco.br/ Por ejemplo, yo fui con un advisor y era lo de dual enrollment y le dije, -Yo tengo carta para poder estar aquiacute; pero todaviacute;a no tengo residencia. iquest;En queacute; puedo hacer?- y me dijo -Sabes que, yo no seacute; nada de esto, pero mejor hay que quedarnos callados. No hagas problema. No sabemos si pueden deportar a tu familia o si te van a reportar. Mejor nada.- y auacute;n maacute;s no me habloacute;, nunca. Te da maacute;s miedo y no continuas.br/ La verdad es despueacute;s de eso yo no quise seguir. Dije -iquest;Si eacute;l no me puede a ayudar, quien me va a ayudar en la escuela? iquest;Como puedo avanzar cuando incluso eacute;l no sabe? iquest;Entonces queacute; voy a hacer? iquest; Y es esto poniendo mi familia en riesgo?- Porque eso es lo maacute;s importante. Entonces de alliacute; termineacute; y me quedeacute; maacute;s callada. Pero en tu mente, estaacute; como -Estoy haciendo bien, pero pues, iquest;Para queacute;?- Si no hay oportunidad para continuar.br/ Cuando anunciaron lo de DACA hicimos cita con un abogado y metimos solicitar. Creo que lo difiacute;cil es que no sabes en lo que te estas metiendo y el dinero. Si es costoso, porque quedas con la abogada y nosotros vamos a Phoenix.br/ Creo que durante Obama estaacute;bamos bien y sentiacute;as okay. Nos acostumbramos a la idea de tenerte acaacute;. Pero cuando entroacute; el Trump me murioacute; de miedo. No me imagino lo que va a pasar. Y ahora que quiso quitar DACA y estaacute; de regreso y que no, so es mucho lo que estaacute; pasando. Pero creo que tambieacute;n estamos acostumbrados a que siempre estaacute; pasando algo y tienes que tener un plan B. Siempre tienes que estar listo para lo inesperado.br/ Justo cuando anuncioacute; el Trump que lo iba a quitar dije -Okay el restaurante lo va a perder. Vamos a empezar otra vez de 0. Vamos a tener que cambiar todo otra vez. Creo que es lo difiacute;cil que pensar que vas a perder todo lo que has trabajado. Incluso penseacute; que iba de tendriacute;a que faltar la escuela este antilde;o. Dije no voy a ir, no voy a poder pagar todo el dinero. Creo que eso es lo maacute;s difiacute;cil. Encuentras maneras en hacer las cosas pero hay un punto cuando todo te llega a la vez y dices -iquest;Que voy a hacer?- no seacute;.