The inspiring story of the young woman Ariadne Pacheco Martínez is filling all those with pride Latino migrants going to the United States in search of an improvement in their quality of life and that of theirs, since The 23-year-old has achieved the great dream of studying at Harvard University.
Her story has been known for a long time, but now it has resonated again on social networks, because through a TikTok video, the young woman recalled the efforts she had to make to be able to study and shared her experience so that other migrants can achieve overcome
Ariadne recalled in her video that she arrived in the United States when she was just 13 years old.. And he said that he traveled from his native Monterrey to Texas, in the company of her parents, Brenda Martínez and Alfredo Pacheco., who decided to change residence due to the unfortunate wave of violence that was experienced at that time in Nuevo León. Ari, as her family affectionately calls her, is the oldest of four siblings.
How did you achieve your dream of studying at Harvard?
The young woman, who studied a double degree in International Studies and Spanish and has a master’s degree in Educational Policy and Analysis, He remembers that in order to study at university he had to fight for several scholarships. She needed help to cover the heavy expenses involved in studying at a higher level, especially because Ariadne She did not have any type of support for her training because she was undocumented.
“Without having Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – which offers protection to those who were brought to the United States as children -, work permit, or visa,” he said.
Ariadne Pacheco Martínez sought all kinds of support to achieve her dream of studying at Harvard.
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Ariadne surpassed all limits
“I have become a role model in the sense that any aspiration can be realized without the “need” for a legal immigration status or forgetting our cultural roots,” Ariadne says in that text, published in 2022.
According to a Univision post, The young woman applied to six universities to study her master’s degree: Pennsylvania, Berkeley, Columbia, Texas A&M and Harvard, managing to be accepted at all institutions.
What does Harvard say about migrants?
“The University does not make citizenship status a condition of admission to any of Harvard’s schools. With the admission decision comes a commitment to each person who has been admitted, regardless of their immigration status.” reads Harvard policies.
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