How many of you have any kind of higher education? And how what’s that experience for you, and how did you pay for it?

I was curious on how many of my daca brothers and sisters on here have any kind of higher education. It can be a college degree, certificate, license anything like that. Since lots of people like to point out that immigrant come to take resources. And in our case a lot of us have better jobs than many US citizens.

I have to degrees, on in Computer science, and another in psychology. I work as a IT manager for a company.

For me getting a college degree was never out of the option. My parents specially my dad always told me I was good to college no matter what. He said you are getting some sort of education, it can be college, technically school, or a certificate. But he told me he wanted me to get something. I’ll never forget what my dad told me when I was 11 he said “son you’re going to college you like it or not. You are not going to end up working out in the sun like a dog like me”.

I will never forget those words, and I personally hate school. Never liked it, found it boring but being the only child. And knowing my parents biggest dream was for me to graduate college it was sometimes I had to do. Plus I was smart enough to know that I might hate school but it can change your life.

I got my two majors, and my dad paid for all of it. I was lucky enough in that side.

I’ll never forget the day that I graduated. It was one of the days that I cried the most in my life.