dr. porterfield the dr. porterfield the first administrator in the georgetown when i was a freshman in 2009 and so i'm really excited to have them back as head of the university of pennsylvania where he is doing great things. thank you, dr. porterfield for being here. the next person i would like to introduce is laura who was seated to my right. she is the coordinator for the dream education program at united we dream and united we dream is the youth organization in the country. war is a native of mexico city and moved to the u.s. at the age of four. she was raised in washington. growing up laura joined her , parents at conferences and packing sheds overture is where -- packing sheds of torturers -- orchards where her family worked. and halted the washington dream act coalition and graduated as an outstanding graduate of american cultural studies at western washing and university and her commitment towards educational equity letter to pursue her master's degree at loyola university of chicago. i also went to

dr. porterfield the dr. porterfield the first administrator in the georgetown when i was a freshman in 2009 and so i'm really excited to have them back as head of the university of pennsylvania where he is doing great things. thank you, dr. porterfield for being here. the next person i would like to introduce is laura who was seated to my right. she is the coordinator for the dream education program at united we dream and united we dream is the youth organization in the country. laura is a native of mexico city en route to the u.s. at the age of four and was raised in washington, a small agricultural rural towns in washington state. growing up, laura joined her parents at conferences and packing sheds overture is where family, community and herself work. laura cocreated the latino studies minor, which i was also in a georgetown. and halted the washington dream act coalition and graduated as an outstanding graduate of american cultural studies at western washing and university -- western washington university,