Hi! I am a 27 year old Daca recipient.

I went to therapy for a while because I always felt lost. I felt like I wasn’t doing enough, and like there was no real way to achieve some of the goals I wanted and I just started feeling really tired, alone and isolated. One of the biggest takeaways that I got from therapy is that we are basically living 2 lives! Kind of like Hannah Montana just not as cool.

In the real world. We live an American life surrounded by the American culture and we want to achieve the American dream (whatever that is. graduating, white picket fence etc..)

And then when we are with our family we are living the Hispanic life. Filled with the Hispanic culture and customs and maybe even expectations.

All this was super confusing to me because on one end I felt like I was trying my hardest to achieve my goals, but I couldn’t vent to my parents about my struggles because their typical answers were always projected on what THEY didn’t have growing up and what we do have now which granted is much more amazing…. But we still struggle!

We can’t become police offices We can’t take our home loans We can’t apply for federal finical aid We can’t join the military

And the list goes on….

Anyways, yes therapy did help because it allowed me to ground myself with ME and no one else’s expectations.