. >> elda pausea's father brought her family to live in virginia when she was 10 years old. >> it's important to get, like, a good education because i know that's the reason my dad brought me here because he knew it's a better chance here than back in hon honduras. >> for most of her childhood she didn't know she was undocumented. she found out after her brother was deported. >> i thought we would just go to college like anyone else. when i was in high school, i always thought of being a teacher. that was, like, my goal. >> her dream ran smack into the reality of life as an undocumented immigrant. >> i can't get money since i will not allowed to get financial aid or any type of loans. i just took off basically a year off because i knew i didn't have the money to take as many classes as i wanted to. >> even her local community college at $1,200 a class is nearly out of reach. paz can only afford one class per semester. at this rate, it will take her three years to get enough credits to apply for a transfer to a four-year school where she hopes to get her teaching degree. >> i can't afford any