{"id":31820,"date":"2017-02-13T11:05:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=31820"},"modified":"2018-04-19T10:31:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T14:31:26","slug":"educator-dreamer-claudette-monroy-10-featured-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/educator-dreamer-claudette-monroy-10-featured-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Educator and DREAMer Claudette Monroy &#8217;10 featured in Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alumna Claudette Monroy \u201810 made Washington Post front-page news on Feb. 9, sharing her story among the 11 million undocumented immigrants who are waiting and watching as President Donald Trump acts upon campaign promises of stiffening immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>A photo of Monroy walking on a street past a \u201cSi se puede\u201d [Yes, we can] sign attracted attention from the EMU community, as did a video in which she tells the story of how she came to Virginia, became \u201creally, really attached to this country,\u201d and decided to become undocumented to continue her education.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">READ THE STORY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/in-trumps-capital-undocumented-immigrants-live-and-work-in-the-shadow-of-the-white-house\/2017\/02\/07\/ed837844-e8d3-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?utm_term=.16efa9b922fb\">In Trump&#8217;s capital, undocumented immigrants live and work in the shadow of the White House<\/a><\/aside>\n<p>The article featured the stories of five residents in the Washington D.C. area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Among those in Washington who could be affected \u2014 and who spoke to The Post despite fears of repercussions \u2014 are a chef who worked his way up from a dishwasher, a transgender woman who fears death if she is deported, a laborer who spends his days off at the library, a father of two American-born children and Monroy, who works at a nonprofit organization that helps immigrants and women and who knows what\u2019s at stake beyond her own life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Monroy, who double-majored in <a href=\"http:\/\/ww.emu.edu\/business\/economics\/\">economics<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/peacebuilding\/\">peace, justice and conflict studies<\/a>, says she\u2019s received mostly positive responses to the article. She told herself she wouldn&#8217;t look at reader comments: &#8220;It would only make me sad,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>For some friends, the article, and accompanying video, has enabled them to \u201cengage in dialogue with family members who oppose immigration or are Trump supporters. And I have received notes, emails and messages from strangers who say they have been inspired by my story\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monroy, 30, was born in Mexico. Her father died when she was 10. By 12, her mother could no longer afford to send her to school and needed her to provide care for a younger sibling. At 15, she came to Virginia on a visitor\u2019s visa to stay with her older sister and never left. By that time, she had missed out on three years of formal schooling and struggled to learn English.<\/p>\n<p>She began sharing her story as a senior in high school, but only in safe spaces. She is now a \u201cdreamer,\u201d one of approximately 700,000 children brought to the United States by their parents who are protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Harrisonburg High School, Monroy attended EMU on a scholarship and with financial help from the local community. She graduated with Cords of Distinction honors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, especially with the negative rhetoric towards immigrants during election season, I decided to be more public with my story,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel a lot of responsibility to be a voice for the immigrant\/DREAMer community and to stand against the injustice we are currently living in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monroy urges undocumented students like her to continue with their education, \u201cthe most important that we have to defend ourselves and fight for change,\u201d and to develop a strong support system of people \u201cwho know you and will walk with you in good and hard times.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Isabel Castillo &#8217;07 continues advocacy<\/h3>\n<p>Claudette Monroy isn&#8217;t the only EMU alumnus to speak out about immigrant rights. Isabel Castillo &#8217;07, a DREAM Act advocate, is currently a graduate student at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\/\">Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a>. She has led local, regional and national activism. Castillo was named one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/assets\/media\/special-reports\/brave-thinkers-2011.html\">21 brave thinkers of 2011 by The Atlantic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Castillo was featured in a Feb. 20, 2011, <strong>New York Times<\/strong> article, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/21\/education\/21winerip.html\">Dream Act Advocate Turns Failure into Hope<\/a>.\u201d This publicity led Jesuit-run University of San Francisco to invite her to be its commencement speaker and to offer her an honorary doctorate. Read more about her <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2013\/08\/outstanding-young-alum-castillo-campaigns-for-immigration-reform\/\">2012 activism<\/a> and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2013\/08\/outstanding-young-alum-castillo-campaigns-for-immigration-reform\/\"> 2013 Young Alumni Award.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumna Claudette Monroy \u201810 made Washington Post front-page news on Feb. 9, sharing her story among the 11 million undocumented immigrants who are waiting and watching as President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/educator-dreamer-claudette-monroy-10-featured-washington-post\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Educator and DREAMer Claudette Monroy &#8217;10 featured in Washington Post<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,5591,17562,5594,8845,14145],"tags":[6795,5944],"feature":[17427,17423,17426,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-31820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-business-and-leadership","category-digest","category-education","category-emu-at-lancaster","category-peacebuilding-and-development","tag-diversity","tag-giving","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-featured-undergrad","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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