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Welcome to episode 32 of The American Dream in The Eyes of Immigrants Podcast. I am your host, Heidy De La Cruz, and I am on a mission to change the narrative of immigration one immigrant story at a time!
Today’s guest is Diana, founder of Be Femme Strong. A women’s merch and apparel company that helps women feel bold and confident. And she is also a photographer. Diana shares her story of growing up undocumented in the United States. She is one of the 643,560 DACA recipients living in the United States.
If you’re unfamiliar with DACA – I’ll explain briefly. It is a temporary protection for deportation for undocumented young immigrants. It provides work permit, social security number, and driver’s license for those who qualify, but no path to legal status or citizenship. In order to qualify, recipients had to be younger than 31 on June 15th, 2012, came to the US when they were younger than 16 and lived in the US since 2007.
This temporary protection was issued via executive order by President Obama in 2012 after Congress did not pass the DREAM Act, which would provide legal status to undocumented children. Since 2012 there has been no path forward for these recipients to gain legal status and recipients must renew their application every two years and pay a fee of $495.
Diana grew up not knowing she was undocumented; she believes it was her parent’s way of trying to protect her. It wasn’t until she was 15 when all her friends were getting their permits and starting to drive that her parents told her why she wouldn’t be able to get her permit as well.
She quickly learned that going to college would be a challenge too but that didn’t stop her from studying hard, taking AP classes, and joining the dual-enrollment program in her high school to obtain college credits. Although, she didn’t finish college, she did open up her own business.
Listen to how her husband’s death motivated her to start her own business.
Thank you for being here!
With Love, Heidy
Connect with Diana:
Instagram: @diana.samantha + @befemmestrong
TikTok: @diana.samantha + @befemmestrong
Website: Befemmestrong.com
Here are a few ways you can support this podcast.
1. Share this episode with a friend.
2. Subscribe on Spotify.
3. Write a review.
4. Sign up for the newsletter.
5. Donate money.
If you’d like to advertise your business or sponsor an episode, please send me an email at [email protected]
Connect with Heidy
If you or someone you know would like to share their immigration story, please message me on Instagram.
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By Heidy De La CruzWelcome to episode 32 of The American Dream in The Eyes of Immigrants Podcast. I am your host, Heidy De La Cruz, and I am on a mission to change the narrative of immigration one immigrant story at a time!
Today’s guest is Diana, founder of Be Femme Strong. A women’s merch and apparel company that helps women feel bold and confident. And she is also a photographer. Diana shares her story of growing up undocumented in the United States. She is one of the 643,560 DACA recipients living in the United States.
If you’re unfamiliar with DACA – I’ll explain briefly. It is a temporary protection for deportation for undocumented young immigrants. It provides work permit, social security number, and driver’s license for those who qualify, but no path to legal status or citizenship. In order to qualify, recipients had to be younger than 31 on June 15th, 2012, came to the US when they were younger than 16 and lived in the US since 2007.
This temporary protection was issued via executive order by President Obama in 2012 after Congress did not pass the DREAM Act, which would provide legal status to undocumented children. Since 2012 there has been no path forward for these recipients to gain legal status and recipients must renew their application every two years and pay a fee of $495.
Diana grew up not knowing she was undocumented; she believes it was her parent’s way of trying to protect her. It wasn’t until she was 15 when all her friends were getting their permits and starting to drive that her parents told her why she wouldn’t be able to get her permit as well.
She quickly learned that going to college would be a challenge too but that didn’t stop her from studying hard, taking AP classes, and joining the dual-enrollment program in her high school to obtain college credits. Although, she didn’t finish college, she did open up her own business.
Listen to how her husband’s death motivated her to start her own business.
Thank you for being here!
With Love, Heidy
Connect with Diana:
Instagram: @diana.samantha + @befemmestrong
TikTok: @diana.samantha + @befemmestrong
Website: Befemmestrong.com
Here are a few ways you can support this podcast.
1. Share this episode with a friend.
2. Subscribe on Spotify.
3. Write a review.
4. Sign up for the newsletter.
5. Donate money.
If you’d like to advertise your business or sponsor an episode, please send me an email at [email protected]
Connect with Heidy
If you or someone you know would like to share their immigration story, please message me on Instagram.
Stay up to date with new episode information sent to your email - sign up for the podcast newsletter here!
If you want to start a podcast – I want to be your coach! I can help you with a successful podcast launch in just 6 weeks. More information here.