In this second episode of Leading Latina, Lissette sits down with previous Black, Brown and Bilingüe guest, Linda Sanchez to discuss her educational journey as an undocumented immigrant who was brought the the US as a child.

Linda E. Sanchez holds a B.A. and M.A. from San Diego State University and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), with a graduate emphasis in Chicano Studies. She is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Linda was born in Jalisco, Mexico but grew up in Southern California, and she is a first-generation college student with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA. Her doctoral dissertation study focuses on undocumented Mexican individuals who grew up in the U.S. (1.5 generation), but were not able to receive DACA. It compares them to a group who did receive DACA. Her research investigates why people who qualified for DACA did not apply, barriers to applying/renewing, and how members of the 1.5 generation were excluded through restrictions such as “date of arrival” requirements.

Check out her BBB episode here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8k1nLmHxEQ

Lissette talks with Julissa Santoy, Patty Garcia, Maria Velazquez, and Lanette Garcia from the office of Rep. Jesus Garcia about their experiences in politics, what makes Latinas valuable to organizations, and more.