The Dreamer Diary

Did you fall in love with the podcast only to be left wondering what happened to it? You're not alone. A lot has happened since the last episode and this episode will catch you up on what's happened …

Emmy award winner, Arleene Correa Valencia discusses her immigrant story and how it led her to a career as a storyteller, artist, and advocate for immigrant rights. Across several themes, she discuss…

Lorena Vargas Schultz is one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in the roofing industry. In this episode, Lorena discusses her journey as an immigrant to the United States and despite the ch…

Adriana describes how she overcame tremendous adversity, poverty, and limited resources to start a business and pursue a career in a male-dominated field. In Adriana's triumphant journey as a dreamer…

This episode explores how immigration-related stressors can increase suicidal ideation and risk due to the distress associated with cultural stress, marginalization, and intergenerational conflict, i…

As the first DACA dental student at UCLA, Carlos Villalvazo shares his story of sacrifice and struggle in this episode. His goal is to provide guidance and support to other dreamers who want to aim h…

This episode discussed the conditions that force many undocumented immigrants to consider marriage to a US citizen as the only way to remain in the country.

Yahrtib Alais, Salt Lake City's leading Hispanic realtor, is featured in this episode. "Y", for short, talks about his experience as a DACA recipient and how he decided real-estate investing was for …

Joaquin is a DACA recipient and attending the University of Utah's medical school as the only dreamer student. In this episode, Joaquin talks about his journey to the U.S. and what led him to pursue …

The episode discusses the impact of being an undocumented person in a mixed-status family. Chris discusses how a family member belittled him and threatened him because of his status and how he overca…

In this episode, we'll discuss how undocumented people deal with religion. Chris discusses the struggles he has faced as a Latter-Day Saint and how these struggles shaped him into the person he is to…

In this episode, I talk about how our worldview has been shaped by the undocumented immigrant identity. Managing multiple identities at home, school, work, and in their communities causes undocumente…

This episode focuses on mental health and the undocumented experience. My story will describe how depression, anxiety, and fear drove me to consider suicide and how I overcame it.

This podcast episode introduces listeners to the undocumented dreamer experience and discusses why should people listen to this podcast?