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Julissa Arce

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Best-selling author, My (Underground) American Dream & Someone Like Me. You Sound Like A White Girl Mar 2022 Board @nilc_org @ascendfundny Bylines @TIME & more
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Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream Book Review

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By Julissa Arce, Lucinda Dyer
| Common Sense Media Verified
age 10+ Young immigrant achieves her dreams in inspiring memoir. Parents need to know that Julissa Arce's memoir, Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream, begins in Mexico, where Arce lives with her two older sisters while her parents spend weeks and sometimes months away, working throughout Mexico and then in the United States.
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Should 'Latino' Be a Race Option in the Census?

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By Julissa Arce
| mitú Verified
I was 14 years-old at the doctor’s office the first time I can remember filling out a form asking for information about my race and ethnicity. I asked my mom what my race was and she responded, “Mexican.” Except there was no box for “Mexican.” I told her I could only choose “Native American, Asian, African American, or White.” She told me to check the “White” box. Except, we aren’t white.
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Once I Was You YRE Author Happy Hour: Julissa Arce + Maria Hinojosa

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By Julissa Arce
Writer, activist, and social changemaker Julissa Arce joins Emmy Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Maria Hinojosa on the #OnceIWasYouYRE tour! ⏰When: November 2nd 7:30 pm ET/ 5:30 pm PT Join us for a virtual Q + A where Julissa and Maria will be take questions about publishing, writing methods, and any other questions you might have! Emmy Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Maria Hinojosa has created a brand-new, unique version of her adult memoir, which was an NPR Best Book...
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