FAFSA: A Case Study

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I am not from here, in other words I’m an immigrant. Which affects my opportunities in school, the process of applying to universities and FAFSA. My parents have always wanted me to get a good education and succeed so I can have what they couldn’t, a good education and a better life than they do. But they have also made some rigorous actions that will allow me to have more security and some opportunities that I wasn’t able to have. When they realized that this was my last year of high school and I needed to fill applications where they asked for my social security number, they started a process where I am able to get my number, permit to work and be applicable for DACA. Before this process started I found out that I wouldn’t be able to go straight

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