{"id":16151,"date":"2023-04-13T12:41:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T16:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?p=16151"},"modified":"2023-04-13T15:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:24:30","slug":"undocumented-first-generation-marymount-student-receives-newman-civic-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/undocumented-first-generation-marymount-student-receives-newman-civic-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Undocumented, first-generation Marymount student receives Newman Civic Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karla Mercado Dorado, a junior at Marymount University, has been selected to receive Campus Compact\u2019s 2023-2024 Newman Civic Fellowship<\/a>. She is one of 154 civic leaders from 38 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico who form this year\u2019s cohort and are recognized for their outstanding commitment to creating positive change in communities locally and around the world.<\/p>\n Originally from Bolivia, Mercado Dorado moved to the U.S. with her parents when she was just two years old. Despite her acceptances to several colleges, a higher education seemed out of reach for her as financial aid was nearly nonexistent as an undocumented student. However, she discovered TheDream.US scholarship<\/a>, of which Marymount is a partner school. She arrived on campus in Fall 2020 and is now majoring in Biochemistry<\/a> with a pre-medicine minor<\/a>.<\/p>\n