Hidden Dream Series
- “It is soul-crushing to be treated as if I have never stepped foot in the US”
- “That’s what my life is. In my heart, I’m an Indian American woman who has big dreams, but my visa status prohibits me from embracing and realizing my true potential”- Srishti D.
- “This was just the beginning of my eyes opening to injustices that thrived on immigrants’ hard work all around me.”- Vidushi S.
- “She was Different.” – Damita T.
- “Life at times can feel suffocating especially moments you never see coming. In the end, I learned a valuable lesson: my immigration status does not determine my worth, character, or humaneness.”- Aarushi S.
- “Although I’m just sixteen, I have big dreams and a life of my own. If I don’t get a green card by the time I am 21, I don’t know if I will ever be able to achieve those dreams.”- Jyotsna
- “It’s as if I’m temporarily an outsider to my dreams- spending endless amounts of energy to persistently run towards a magical future that I can’t get a hold of.”- Pranitha K.
- “I will accomplish my dreams regardless of my visa status. I just want to be seen as who I am: a girl with dreams.”- Prarthana
- “My immigrant story bridges my identities and simultaneously traps my dreams, but has given me the experiences of a lifetime.”- Rishika C.
- “On days when I feel like just giving up, I remind myself that I am only 18, and that I have the rest of my life ahead of me. I’m too young to lose hope”- Lakshmi P.
- “Trying to survive this system made me strong. But I live life with constant worry. I always have to think of consequences.”
- “I am not asking for much, just for a chance to live a normal life.”
- “But I know that I am more than a document or a number, and this is a fact that my parents have always known ever since they made the decision to move us here and give us a better life than before.” – Eigen Escario
- “I am an Indian-American kid on paper but does that mean anything? Like the hyphen, I struggle to bridge the gap between my two worlds.”- Hari Senthilkumar
- “The one thing that kept me going was my parents. Knowing how much they had sacrificed for me, I decided to not let this be my story.”-Sarvani Kunapareddy
- “But I choose to let no obstacle stop me from my dreams. I will continue to fight with the grit and determination my parents have instilled in me.”- Harishree Karthik
The Hidden Dream 