DREAMing in West Virginia: Jackie Lozano

Holler: Voices of West Virginia Women

Jackie Lozano was born in Mexico, but only remembers her childhood in the United States. Brought to the U.S. by her mother when she was a sick baby, Jackie is a Dreamer and benefits from DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), an act that provides her a permit to live and work in the United States, although she is not a citizen. Jackie didn't know she was not a citizen of the U.S. until high school, when she began planning to attend college. In this week's episode, Jackie talks about how it felt to find out that her opportunities were so limited in the United States, even though it is her home, in addition to what she hopes for her son, and for humanity.