When she eventually sat down to write a book, it wasn't her policy expertise that she wanted to share, even though it's what many publishers expected from her, she says. 'I wanted to engage with people's hearts and emotions about who we are as a country, who we want to be, and who belongs.'
Jiménez, who arrived in the U.S. at age 13, shared how her family's determination for a better future clashed with the challenges imposed by their immigration status, impacting her access to education despite being an honors student.
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