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Leo Rodriguez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leo Rodriguez is a student at UC Berkeley. He previously served on the California Student Aid Commission.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Growing up undocumented in this country instilled plenty of doubt and uncertainty about my future, especially while navigating the education system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout elementary and middle school, I thrived academically and was placed in advanced courses. But when I got to high school, my immigration status began to cast a shadow over my plans for the future. The realization that my dreams were slipping away broke me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It became abundantly clear that I would need to do more than just work hard to get into a good college. My parents helped me remember that an education \u2013 what you\u2019ve learned, read and written \u2013 is something that can never be taken from you, no matter how difficult or uncertain the circumstances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

California has led the nation in opening up in-state tuition and financial aid opportunities to undocumented students. However, the reality remains that the path through college for undocumented students in California is daunting, riddled with obstacles and largely unaffordable. According to a nuevo reporte<\/a> by the California Student Aid Commission, only 14% of California\u2019s undocumented college students received financial aid in the 2021-22 academic year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are so many undocumented students still struggling to afford college<\/a>, and what can California\u2019s policymakers do to ensure undocumented students are effectively accessing financial aid? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, the financial aid process itself is confusing and filled with countless roadblocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In high school, very few counselors have a clear understanding of the California Dream Act Application, the California state financial aid application available to undocumented students. I hardly saw financial aid workshops tailored for undocumented students in high school; most of the information was specific to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, which sent mixed messages about whether or not I was eligible for financial aid to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I first enrolled at a community college, I was billed $6,000 because I was incorrectly deemed an international student, a common occurrence for undocumented students. I was also not offered financial aid despite attending and graduating from a California high school because I was unaware of the requirements to fill out an AB 540 affidavit form to prove eligibility for in-state tuition, and to separately complete a Dream Act application to be considered for financial aid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, I was asked to register for selective service and provide a social security number, even though my undocumented status prevented me from being able to fulfill both of those requests. The process was so frustrating it made me question whether I wanted to enroll in college altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t

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Los estudiantes indocumentados califican para recibir ayuda financiera en California. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no lo usan m\u00e1s?<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t

Decenas de miles de estudiantes indocumentados en California son potencialmente elegibles para recibir ayuda financiera del estado y de las universidades p\u00fablicas. Pero s\u00f3lo 14% de estudiantes indocumentados realmente lo reciben, seg\u00fan un informe reciente de la Comisi\u00f3n de Ayuda Estudiantil de California. Los estudiantes, consejeros y la propia comisi\u00f3n exigen mejoras en el proceso de solicitud y...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby<\/span> Carmen Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Students that receive a federal Pell Grant receive between $5,000 to over $7,000 annually to support their higher education expenses. Undocumented students have to make up for that substantial gap, yet have limited employment options, including work study, due to our immigration status. While California has initiated programs like the Dream Act Service Incentive Grant and College Corps<\/a>, which allow undocumented students to receive aid for community service, we are still excluded from the full range of work opportunities<\/a> \u2013 like paid internships, for example \u2013 that align with our field of studies and prepare us for our careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close to 100,000 undocumented students are actively pursuing higher education in California, myself included. We each have dreams to put our education and degrees to good use, as teachers, doctors, writers and countless other professions. We are being prepared for and are eager to contribute to our economy and state. However, we can only do that to the fullest extent possible if we have the same opportunity and access to financial aid as our peers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope our elected officials will recognize the enormous value-add of undocumented students and remove the roadblocks that obstruct so many students from securing financial aid and a college education in the first place.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

California ofrece ayuda financiera a estudiantes indocumentados, pero un nuevo informe encontr\u00f3 que solo 14% la aprovecharon el a\u00f1o pasado. Podr\u00eda ayudar consolidar el complicado proceso de solicitud y ampliar las oportunidades laborales para que los estudiantes indocumentados puedan cubrir los vac\u00edos dejados por la falta de ayuda federal.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":301005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-05-25T12:30:06Z","apple_news_api_id":"8f9a87aa-2b6e-4c4b-8d23-fe3b4588b429","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-11-02T16:13:39Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Aj5qHqituTEuNI_47RYi0KQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_spanish_translation_id":0,"_is_translation":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,28],"tags":[626,774,40117,1849,3945],"legislator":[],"bill":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[4186],"class_list":["post-301717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","category-higher-education","tag-california-community-colleges","tag-california-state-university","tag-commentary","tag-higher-education","tag-university-of-california","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow California deters undocumented students from financial aid - 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