You're so right 4justice being undocumented does have its own benefits. I started to realize that a couple of years ago after high school of course.

I believe being undocumented has allowed me to understand what it's like to be at the very bottom of the pyramid. I understand my fellow immigrants but at the same time I understand those that are not in the same situation as us. I have felt fear, dissapointment, frustration, anger, etc so I know that life is not easy at all. I feel like I'm also more mature than my fellow peers. Also, like you mentioned being undocumented really helped me stay out of trouble also the fact that my folks would kick my butt!

I take school seriously and anything that could help me succeed. I will give it my all because I know that I don't have the same luck that many do. We really do have to try our best to stand out even if it might scare us at first because all our lives we might have lived with that little thought in our head that because of our status we wouldn't get anywhere. Thankfully DACA exists now.

It's also taught me to be more tolerant and not look down on others or believe I have more rights than anyone else. I've also learned not to take 'little' things for granted and you have no idea how many times I've felt so excited and about to burst into tears every since DACA. I even got super excited to get a call from Best Buy because it would be my very first real job. :') hahahaha

It's taught me to value life and that no matter how hard things get the problems will pass and what matters is to live life and be thankful for soo many blessings.

Some people that are not in our situation wouldn't be able to understand....but we do. We won't ever take the 'little' things for granted. *Sigh*