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When family vulnerability threatens individual achievement

My parents are undocumented and I'm in medical school but ICE raids in our neighborhood make me want to quit and disappear.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Personal success becomes meaningless when built on unstable foundation of family safety, creating impossible choice between advancement and protection.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adopted identity — chosen and given?”

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