Author: Oscar Romero
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What’s Going On in 2022?
Hello everyone! It’s been quite some time now, but I haven’t forgotten about the website. Simply continuing to balance my time into many different projects. I’ve done some work with some nonprofits to create some website experiences with voter engagement in English/Spanish.
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Feliz Año Nuevo: Personal Recap
Feliz año nuevo (Happy new year)! It’s been a while since I’ve set time aside to write a post and I thank everyone that has been reading previous content in the meantime. I wanted to drop a few tidbits of what I’ve been keeping busy with.
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My Undocu Life Fundraiser for United We Dream
It is time to use our platform, My Undocu Life, for further good. The profit of this merchandise campaign will go towards United We Dream’s Advocacy Efforts. Thanks to the great design help from our peer and friend Nathasya with Love Simply.
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Real Estate as an Undocumented Individual
How many of y’all want to own a house, apartment, tiny home, mansion, or anything real estate? I sure do.
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Career 101 – Pro Tips
There are some things that I was told before starting a job that not everyone has the privilege of hearing. With that in mind I wanted to compile a list of pro-tips that can be essential to a successful career in ANY job. Some may be job-specific but I’ll try to give you the essentials…
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Dream Act 2021: Advocacy Opportunity
Advocacy Opportunity: Sign-on to Support the Dream Act! A group of Dreamers and alumni from TheDream.US are writing to the Senate in support of the Dream Act of 2021, and they are asking for your support.
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What’s Happening in 2021?
A lot has happened since this blog site first opened up to the back in November of 2019. I can thankfully say that the road ahead seems a lot less bumpy for myself and many of the readers and supporters of this My Undocu Life. You can read the intro to the blog here: Welcome to…
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DACA Renewal Resources 2020
Self-preparation Guide By Immigrants Rising Financial Assistance for DACA Renewal Fee Additional Resources Watch Immigration Attorney Parviz Malakouti explain why DACA recipients need to scan and save copies to a Cloud Storage Service of their
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Black Lives Matter: Juneteenth
I’ve learned a lot in the past months. One of them is the value of Juneteenth. I had heard it mentioned in the past but I never looked into its meaning. I now celebrate this day with my black brothers and sisters. It is a day to remember the pure joy of liberation from slavery.…
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Carlos Salgado: Software Engineer
Earlier this year I found the Latinx in Tech organization Techqueria. I was lucky to meet Carlos Salgado, a young DACAmented individual in tech. He is a successful software engineer working for Team Treehouse, an e-learning platform. Immediately I wanted to learn as much as I could about his story and knew that our readers…