In the U.S., more than 450,000 undocumented students are enrolled in higher education, making up two percent of all students enrolled in universities across the country. Nayeli Cisneros is part of this statistic.

Cisneros was eight years-old when she and her family left Mexico and moved to Colorado. Cisneros tells RMPBS that her parents decided to leave Mexico because of the violence surrounding their hometown.

Read more in our Colorado Voices story: https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/rocky-mou...

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