Josselin Corea Escalante, a 16-year-old immigrant from Guatemala, was shot and killed at her Tennessee high school after her family fled gang violence in their home country. Despite dreaming of a safer, better life in the U.S., Josselin's tragic death has left her family reconsidering their choice to seek asylum. Her father expressed disillusionment, stating that life may not be better anywhere. Josselin was remembered as a promising student who loved math, science, and music, highlighting the loss of potential in her untimely death, amid increasing school shootings across the country.
We had a dream for a better life, her father, German Corea, said in Spanish this week. But the reality is that it's not better anywhere.
Josselin's teachers and family remembered her as a vibrant young woman, who excelled at math and science and loved to sing.
Josselin, whose family calls her Dallana, celebrated turning 15 in 2023 with a spring quinceanera in a Nashville ballroom.
In Guatemala, you've never heard of someone killing someone in school.
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