• Episode 16: Julissa Arce

  • Sep 14 2020
  • Durata: 40 min
  • Podcast

  • Riassunto

  • This week, AWM President Carey Cranston sits down with bestselling author and immigrant rights advocate Julissa Arce to kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month. We hope you enjoy entering the mind of a writer. Listen to more episodes here. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS “I’ve been very motivated and very inspired by young undocumented people now who are out fighting for their rights and are chanting, ‘Undocumented! Unafraid!’... When I was a teenager I did not have that power to say those things. I was very much afraid.” “I had always wanted to write and I had a really important story to tell, which is my story, my truth...I really needed to share my story. I can’t keep holding on to this.” “I did it all. Learned English, got a college degree, got a great job, paid taxes -- because undocumented people pay taxes. I mean I did everything and still it wasn’t enough. It just felt like the goal line was always moving, constantly moving.” “When I was growing up I never read a book
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