{"id":2995,"date":"2020-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/the-arlington-catholic-herald-new-scholarship-for-daca-recipients-at-marymount\/"},"modified":"2020-02-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T00:00:00","slug":"the-arlington-catholic-herald-new-scholarship-for-daca-recipients-at-marymount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/the-arlington-catholic-herald-new-scholarship-for-daca-recipients-at-marymount\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arlington Catholic Herald: New scholarship for DACA recipients at Marymount<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Treisy Primitivo spent most of her childhood not sure whether she and her family would continue to live in Washington or go back to Mexico. It made it difficult to plan for the future, to think about things such as whether or not she would go to college. Though she was born in Mexico, she\u0092s lived in the United States since she was two years old. She\u0092s never been back to Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u0093I always had to have a back-up plan,\u0094 she said. \u0093I had to think about that double life in the future.\u0094
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\nBut while she was applying to the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) immigration program, she learned about a college scholarship for DACA recipients: TheDream.US. Once she got the scholarship, she knew college was within her reach. Today, the 19-year-old is a freshman studying psychology at Marymount University in Arlington.
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\nTo ensure student success, TheDream.US only partners with schools it considers able to support DACA recipients throughout their college career. Other local colleges in the program include George Mason University in Fairfax and Trinity College in Washington. This is Marymount\u0092s first year.
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\nA Marymount partnership with TheDream.US was one of the first things brought to President Irma Becerra\u0092s attention when she joined the school in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u0093Members of the Dreamers Club came to see me, probably the first week after I started, and they (said), \u0091Marymount has to be designated as one of the institutional partners for TheDream.US scholarship.\u0092 So I said, \u0091OK, I will (do it),\u0092 because I\u0092m here for them,\u0094 she said.
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\nThis year, six students at Marymount, including Primitivo, are using the TheDream.US scholarship. About 80 students, or two percent of the school\u0092s population, are DACA recipients, according to Becerra. The school recently held its annual Ethics Week with a focus on immigration.
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\nBecerra knows many DACA recipients face barriers to attending and graduating from college, such as parents unfamiliar with the United States college application process or difficulty affording college.
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\n\u0093DACA recipients are not eligible to receive Pell Grants or federal government loans or work through the college work-study program,\u0094 said Becerra. Though Marymount offers many scholarships, she\u0092s grateful for this additional opportunity. \u0093We want as many students to benefit from a Marymount education as possible.\u0094
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\nPrimitivo is using her shot to earn an undergraduate degree in psychology, then hopefully she\u0092ll stay a fifth year to complete a master\u0092s in counseling. In high school, she appreciated spending time with her school counselors, and she hopes to provide the same support to future students.
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\n\u0093I remember my mom used to always tell me, ‘take advantage of what\u0092s being given to you. Everything you receive, you receive for a reason. Every gain, take that, better yourself and give back to the community,’\u0094 she said. \u0093I feel like this is a form of giving back to a community I\u0092ve come to know as home. And even still, I can go back to Mexico and apply these skills as well.\u0094<\/p>\n

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Treisy Primitivo spent most of her childhood not sure whether she and her family would continue to live in Washington or go back to Mexico. It made it difficult to plan for the future, to think about things such as whether or not she would go to college. Though she was born in Mexico, she\u0092s […]<\/p>\n

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