Immigration Films

I have found that film is a powerful approach to educating people about immigration. My first film, Living Undocumented: High School, College, and Beyond, showed me the power of this medium to reach varied audiences for whom academic writing is often stylistically or financially inaccessible. In order to see immigration beyond a linear path, Una Vida, Dos Países, my second film, showed how migration can be cyclical for many families between Mexico and the US, and other nations as well.

While film is an impactful medium, writing in scholarly journals is also an important means through which to advocate for immigrants who have been denied opportunities by our political system. I collaborated with three undocumented youth leaders to show educators what can and should be done while living under an oppressive immigration system.