 All right. Welcome one and all. If we could please have everybody take a seat. We will begin shortly. Welcome loved ones, campus partners, guests, and class of 2020. Welcome to our guests who are watching through the live stream. Hello. Thank you for joining us. We are excited to be here with you all at the sixth annual UndocuGrad celebration. Celebrating our lovely graduates and 10 years of the undocumented student program. Let's give a round of applause. My name is Kija Auri. I use they them pronouns. I graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in sociology. I was also a USP alum. And now I proudly serve as one of the academic counselors at USP. And my name is Ratua Risi Labalabu. I go by Risi for short. I am a recent graduate. We're graduating in anthropology and social welfare, and I am an incoming master's student. I'm honored to be your host today. Before we start with our first speaker, we would like to acknowledge that UC Berkeley sits on the territory of the Wichin, the ancestral and unceded land of the Chocheno speaking Alone people, the successors of the sovereign Verona Board, Verona Band of Alameda County. We recognize that every member of the UC Berkeley community has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of this land since the institutions founding in 1868. Consistent with our values of community, inclusion and diversity, we have a responsibility to acknowledge and make the visible, make visible the university's relationships to native peoples. As members of the Berkeley community, it is vital, vitally important that we not only recognize the history of the land on which we stand, but also recognize the Wichma Alone people, our live and flourishing members of the Berkeley and broader Bay Area communities today. That said, we would like to thank Chancellor Carol Christ for hosting us here today, and we welcome her to join us on stage. Good afternoon. I'm Carol Christ. You see Berkeley's Chancellor, and I'm grateful for this opportunity to congratulate you, the truly amazing students we're here to celebrate. Graduating from this university is an incredible accomplishment for all students, even in the best of times, given the challenges you faced as undocumented members of our campus family, and given the perseverance and resilience that was required to surmount the obstacles, the pandemic placed in your path. Your accomplishments are all the more impressive and profoundly deserving of our pride and respect. You have each and every one of you risen to the occasion time and time again. We're humbled and made better by your strength and dedication. I also want to express my appreciation and gratitude to all of you who have supported these students on the way to this major milestone in their lives, families, friends, and the wonderful staff, faculty, and alumni who contribute to the important work of our Equity and Inclusion Division, our Latinx Thriving Initiative, and our Student Experience and Diversity Program. In particular, I want on behalf of our entire campus community to extend special thanks to Elise Haas, to Bob and Colleen Haas, Joseph Hellerstein, Adene Sacks, and former Chancellor Robert Bershino, who was a champion for undocumented students during his time in office and remains an essential advocate to this day. Together, you embody and exemplify the extent to which we all thrive when there's community, connection, caring, and collaboration. There could be no more fitting time than today to acknowledge and celebrate the founding 10 years ago of our undocumented students program. While the campus provided support to undocumented students prior to 2012, we've come a long way since then, with USP now an integral and essential part of our Equity and Inclusion efforts. And let us not forget that, as is so often the case here at Berkeley, it was student-led activism and engagement that spurred the university to do more, to do better when it came to understanding and meeting the needs and interests of our undocumented students. The power of your voices is revered and respected. Nothing could be more fitting for a university made for the people by the people. Over the course of recent years, we've witnessed and experienced the strength and resilience of our campus community, even when the ties that bond us together have been virtual. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni have come together in support of each other, our community, the excellence of our academic mission, and our shared values that revolve around diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging. We've strived to pride, one and all, with holistic support and a safety net so that students can thrive. We've worked hard to back our words with the sort of deeds that make manifest our commitments and beliefs. All in the service of our quest to educate and enlighten in the support of a better and more equitable world. In the face of far too many instances of racism, bias, and discrimination, our campus community has stood and will continue to stand in solidarity with all who are here today, fighting for justice and equity in our country. We will, together, continue forward with our commitment to create a university and by extension a society where everyone feels a true, authentic sense of belonging. For these and for so many other reasons, we also continue forward with our work to increase the diversity of our community, students, staff, faculty, and alumni alike. I believe that as a public university, we must represent and reflect the state and the people we serve, particularly those from historically underrepresented backgrounds. I know that one of the wonderful qualities you have in common with each other and this university is a commitment to advancing the greater good. Now more than ever, our communities, our country, the world need all that you have to offer as the beneficiaries of a world-class Berkeley education and experience. I can't wait to see what you will do on the road ahead with all that you carry from Cal. We're immensely proud of what you've done and even more of who you will become. You made us a better university, a better community by virtue of your presence, your resilience, and your extraordinary contributions. Congratulations and go Bears! Thank you so much for your remarks Chancellor Chris. Can we give her another round of applause? Now we are happy to welcome our very own Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion, Daniel Matos, to the stage. Thank you so much for having me. Good afternoon. I forgot it in French but I do speak French right now. Thank you Chancellor Chris for your words of welcome. It is always good to be in community with you and this is my first undocumented grad ceremony so just by nature of that it is also very very special to me so just I'm taking a moment to take it all in. It looks amazing from up here y'all so just turn to your neighbor just say thank you for being here. Thank you for being here. You're the best, you're amazing. Thank you for being here. Yeah there we go. As our amazing MC said my name is Daniel Matos and I use she, her AIA pronouns. I'm the Vice Chancellor for the Division of Equity and Inclusion and I just like to share a little bit of beyond the bio. I was raised by a single mom and my mother always instilled in me that I had a responsibility to do something about the world and that I was inheriting a struggle and that's something so many of you have already taken on so I look forward to seeing where that responsibility takes each and every one of you. You, the undocumented student program graduating class of 2023 are about to be, oh I heard a little ooh-hoo, yeah I give yourself a little ooh-hoo. That's right all the snaps. You're about to come become UC Berkeley's newest alums and I'm beyond honored to be with you here today. Thank you for sharing your graduation day with me and as I shared my first. There's no question that today is about you. Oy asparati graduates. I hope you let all the love, respect and joy fill your hearts. You face enormous challenges some of which we know and some of which no one will ever know but before and during your time on campus you turn them into opportunities. That is a hard one skill and I know one that will serve you for years to come and now that you're a part of UC Berkeley's community you'll have an abundance of folks you can reach out to whenever life's challenges come calling. I promise you we have your back. So I warm my monarch butterfly earrings today in honor in each of every one of you to symbolize the support and the understanding of each of your struggle. Days like today are only possible with support systems and it's good to remember how these systems come in so many different forms. Families of all kinds friends advocates and mentors to name a few someone who just you know says you're amazing today walking down the street. I'd like to echo Chancellor Chris's support with a special thanks to our community of supporters alumni champions staff and faculty members and the undocumented student program team for consistently showing up with care for our students and many are in the room today. I'm going to give you a shout out but they're there in the back at Lillian Meng. My thanks must oh yeah let's do it now we're going to give you all the love. My thanks must extend several years back to acknowledge our inaugural vice chancellor for equity and inclusion Gabor Basri and the undocumented student programs founding director Meng So. Their leader yes their leadership positioned UC Berkeley to be the first higher ed institution to establish the undocumented student program and had since inspired other institutions across the nation to follow. Thank you Meng and Gabor. Today on the 10th anniversary of this program we're honoring the establishment of something that didn't previously exist here something that is impactful sustainable and reflective of the world we live in. It was established in 2012 the undocumented student program has blossomed become an intrinsic part of our efforts to imagine and co-create a campus and a community where everyone thrives. Under Liliana Iglesias leadership or Lily as we know her uh oh go ahead Lily wave to your fans. The program is a model for supporting undocumented students in higher education and continues to pave the way in its leading practices and holistic approach. I know we've come a long way since campus leaders first started listening and providing support to undocumented students and I'm so heartened by this legacy of what's possible and I look forward to being an ongoing part of the transformative work to create a more welcoming and just environment for all students. UC Berkeley is known and respected for its student led activism the influential power of your voices is now becoming a part of that legacy so I want you to keep sharing your brilliance and your shine with your communities and especially when it's hardest at the world as you begin to make your next moves your narratives are forever part of our collective stories for liberation and our long-standing tradition for excellence in higher education students you're surrounded right now by people who are supermly proud of you and what you're accomplishing today. UC Berkeley is a brighter community and has made more distinguished with you in it I give you my congratulations class of 2023 it's time to celebrate a celebrant go Bears go Osos. Thank you Vice Chancellor Montos can we just give her another round of applause. Now I am very excited to introduce our keynote and alumni speaker Ju Hong. Ju is the director of the UCLA dream center a program team of the UCLA labor center that empowers immigrant youth and allies to be at the forefront of social justice movements. Ju has over a decade of experience in the immigrants rights movement and often shares his immigration story at conferences and universities to educate and inspire people to take action on the immigrant issues. In 2013 Ju challenged former President Obama on his administration record number of deportations during a presidential speech at the Betty Ong Center in San Francisco California. His courageous actions appeared on national and international media including the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and BBC News. Ju currently serves as the board chair of the national Korean American service and education consortium and as a member of the leadership council of immigrants rising an organization we know very well. Ju also brings an awareness to the unique stories of Asian undocumented individuals living in the United States through his podcast the Immigrations. Ju has Ju graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in political science and graduated from San Francisco State University with a master's degree in public administration. While at UC Berkeley, Ju became the first undocumented student government senator in UC Berkeley history. In his spare time, Ju enjoys traveling, dancing and spending time with his family dog Moca. Can we all give him a round of applause? Wow. Good afternoon. I am deeply honored to be here today as returning as alum to celebrate with amazing allies and faculties and proud parents and loved ones and most importantly I'm really excited to be standing with the inspiring class of 2023. As a proud Berkeley graduate of 2012 it feels really great to be back at my alma mater and over 10 years have passed and I must say I'm still undocumented, single, trilingual and ready to mingle from Monday to Domingo just like finding a life partner. I hold on to the hope that the Dream Act will pass one day and when it does we will have one more reason to celebrate together but today is your day. Today we celebrate your extraordinary achievements and the unique journeys that brought us here together. We must recognize the village that contributed to your success, look around you, your family, your friends, your mentors who supported your growth development and success and just like you I don't be where I am today without the community support. As a first gen undocumented student raising a single parent household I navigated language barriers cultural differences in an unfamiliar educational system and I often fell alone and isolated as a Korean undocumented youth believing that I was the only one grappling with this issue. However at Cal I stumbled upon a transformative organization called the Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education or also known as RISE where I met incredible undocumented immigrant students advocating for the rights of undocumented immigrant communities. This is where I felt accepted as who I was and surrounded by people who understood my struggles and shared visions for the collective future and our unity was clear as we consistently came together in times of need offering meals lending books and supplies securing places to stay protecting families from deportation providing resources to enhance personal and professional development opportunities for all students. In my experience with RISE not only gave me a sense of belonging but also fostered lifelong friendship with inspiring peers who pursued their careers in medicine business and immigration law and through RISE we have organized annual AB 540 conferences to protest on immigration issues in front of Sedergate, Sproul Plaza demanding rights for immigration. We stand on the shoulder of courageous undocumented student activists who came before us whose tireless efforts paid the way for our work today. Our collective effort have led significant victories like the California Dream Act healthcare for all and DACA benefiting hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants across the country and most importantly our relentless advocacy led UC Berkeley to establish the first undocumented student program center at any UC campus and public university in the state of California. This groundbreaking achievement offers a safe space for students to access resources support and guidance while fostering a sense of community and as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the center's inception we continue to honor its legacy by empowering future generations of undocumented students at Cal and beyond. So to the class of 2023 we celebrate your achievements and your balanced potential and the friendships and communities you have forged here will provide support and encouragement throughout your journey so cherish these relationships for their invaluable and do not let your immigration status define who you are you are enough pursue your passions and follow your heart and regardless of your path remember to get back to your community and always never forget your your roots. So as we commemorate your graduation from the number one public university in the world UC Berkeley let us celebrate your accomplishments and let us work together to create a society filled with hope compassion and justice for all thank you go Bears. Get up again for Juha! Ju thank you so much for your uplifting words we are so happy and honored to have you back here today. Next we have a graduating student who will be sharing some words with us as one of her staffers this semester it is such a great pleasure to introduce Valeria Placencia. Valia is graduating with a major in civil engineering with a minor in regional and city planning her creativity and passion for serving the undocumented community landed her as a position as a marketing and communications intern for usb for two years so if you see our instagram that's her which she will forever hold dear to her heart after graduating Valia hopes to continue working closely with undocumented individuals and promote opportunities available to them through her dedication for creating online content in her free time you can find Valia reading and drawing but today she's more than grateful to stand on the stage to celebrate you give it up for Valia. Welcome undocumented grads of 2023 I'm honored to be standing here to congratulate you and honor the strength that brought you here today because we all know about the daily struggles of being an undocumented student it's not easy whatsoever we carry an additional weight we know loss we know grief we have felt excluded and that our voices do not matter and yet here we are we used to be silent when people around us shared opportunities not available to us or spoke about their vacations outside the US but today I encourage you to be loud be as loud as proud as you can't be because even without those opportunities you found your way and you made it what might have felt impossible once is happening today right now close your eyes feel it here is to you when I was younger and the Oscars were on tv my dad brother and I would get ready to compete against each other in guessing the winners for every category my dad would tell you he would win most of the time but I will let you know the truth it was me from this experience I would daydream of the day where I got to win an Oscar and go on stage representing Peru the country where I was born and raised you are Peru and I would not I would get to thank all the people who supported me in this journey today I'm not winning an Oscar yet nor did I major in theater I'm a civil engineer by the way but I'm on this stage and I have given the chance to express gratitude for all the support that I've been given and in all honesty I do feel like I'm surrounded by celebrities and winners I look out to you all deeply we get to inspire future generations to continue moving forward I'll repeat the words that Lupita Nyong'o said when she won her first Oscar in 2014 no matter where you come from your dreams are valid my 14-year-old self held on to this quote as she came into a new country with a book in one hand to give her enough strength to reassure her mom who was holding her other hand that everything was going to be okay although there was nothing more painful than leaving behind everything she loved about her culture and family she was making a sacrifice to prove her right to an education today the purpose has finally been fulfilled we're graduating from the number one public university in the world and nobody is denying her from that today might be better than receiving an Oscar actually because it is living proof that we as undocumented students keep fighting for an education without constraints and we will not give up until we see it happening during my first two years at UC Berkeley I felt lonely so many times I told my mom on the phone that I was okay sorry mom because it was easier than expressing the frustration of feeling different from other students around me I felt invisible as a result of my identity I kept blindly running to find a place where I could feel like I belonged only to feel exhausted and even more lost it was not until I received an email from the undocumented student program the best program ever to apply to be a marketing and communications intern like I said I'm a silver engineering major but I also gave myself a chance to finally follow a creative path so I took this opportunity and did not let go of it USB has given me a safe space where I do not have to explain myself to be understood I remember the time when I went to Daisy's office crying and spoke to her then we want to go get boba after self-care this was one of the first times I I sought for help and I do not regret it at all that's the type of place that usp is a place where you will be heard you will feel seen and you will feel supported I will for sure not be standing here if it wasn't because of it I'm eternally grateful to the staff Lily who is always there for me Daisy who cares about everyone deeply Keisha making people's days better with her laugh and Camille always willing to help if needed you have been the best support I could have ever asked for to my fellow usp interns and students who I have the pleasure of meeting you're my family and having you there was always a reminder that I'm not alone we are not alone I'm proud of you and I'm here to celebrate with you a big thank you as well to my therapist Bianca for being there to teach me what healing looks like and to my partner for being my number one fan just like I am his before I leave this stage I want to take a moment to honor my older brother he lives all the way in Peru and unfortunately could not be here today so as means the world to me as he gave me and my younger brothers the best childhood I could imagine and what's the second father figure to us although it's been a while I think about you every day I talk about you every day and I feel you close no matter the distance I am who I am because of you and me family in Peru los amo extraño y piensen ustedes todos los días gracias por apoyarme y siempre querer en mí este logro va para ustedes y mis abuelos quienes me vieron crecer papá mamá nada es imposible no lastly in the world in the words of my best friend and icon Hannah Montana I always knew this day would come it's okay if you don't know where where to go from here if you or if you have more than one passion like me the wings have been giving to you and now you get to choose where to fly from here I hope you choose wherever you're happiest my favorite quote is from the novel looking for Alaska it's very beautiful over there I don't know where there is but I believe it's somewhere and I hope it's beautiful it will be beautiful I promise thank you thank you so much that was a beautiful speech let's give her another another round of quotes all right and now the moment that we've all been waiting for could I please get a drum roll please so let me hear you make some noise for and their loved ones next to them to line up by the stage to my left in a moment each graduate will walk across the stage with two loved ones and they will each get 30 seconds to share some words with us let's give them a round of applause so while our graduates line up we would like to invite some very dear staff members to the front could I please get USP psychologist Dr. Diana Peña and Dr. Bianco Barrios they will be reading our graduates names congratulating our graduates and providing them each with their diploma cover our USP director Lillian Glesias and USP academic counselor Camille Semisango our graduate procession will begin shortly congratulations graduates we are about to start our procession is everybody ready great okay all right our first graduate is Pascal Adele Baku her degree is in molecular environment biology the email that would get 30 seconds to see something I wasn't sure to even right now what to say but I'm just really grateful for UC Berkeley and USP to have been on my journey this half part until I get to medical school and I'm just really grateful again for everybody that's here today I say thank you to my parents who couldn't make it and also thank you to my sick um grandparents that are looking for me um from wherever they are thank you Celia Serrato bachelor's in gender and women's studies so much for being here and sharing this space uh I just want to propose dying for citizenship we vie for a world where citizenship does not exist where there's no such thing as a nation a border or state or a man who can deny if we had a social security before she gave us her water her seeds her soil her air and so no man no nation no state should ever have the right to do that to a world with no borders love you Angela Laureano master of public policy here at USP I wanted to cry looking at Lily because she's known me since I was 18 I went straight to graduate school right after undergrad and USP has been the best providing mental health resources financial resources whatever just to get us through and I could have I could not have done it without USP and also my mom both my moms uh my mom and my grandma so thank you everyone bachelors of arts and architecture thanks to everyone presented here thank you for being part of undocumented for the student program Zhu Hong thank you for sharing your story I feel like I'm going just like you my name is juban gurung I was born and raised in Nepal my dream is to become an American architect and work with people who have to struggle to be hard I'm a first generation college student and I'm the only person who is living in the US my parents could not make it today I thank my family relatives friends and everyone who have supported me through my academic journey and thank you USP for providing all the support to all of us especially program director Liliana uh Dr. Bianca program coordinator Daisy and everyone working at USP go beers thank you Jerusalem Davila bachelor of arts in chicano studies I to pursue our goals um this is for my siblings I look forward to watching you across the stage when the time comes to the undocumented student program I wouldn't have be here today without your support um to the interns to Kija Daisy Camillo thank you for being my home away from home thank you for making a space a space for us the work that you do for all of us doesn't go um doesn't go unforeseen thank you Jose entreki bachelors of theater and performance studies hi everyone USP in the house our interns congratulations to the interns and all the other grads to our friends and allies thank you for being here my dream is to be an actor and a director and I have my awesome friends here with me today so thank you for being here and supporting me along the way here thank you very much to my parents who gave me an opportunity to be here Lily Bianca Miroslava Jessica it wouldn't be possible to be here if you decided to give us a safe place a house inside Berkeley thank you Valerie Barkin bachelor's in history um UC Berkeley been um very difficult time full of challenges but yet treasures as well uh I don't get I don't regret anything I am very grateful that I was able to attend this beautiful diverse university I am very grateful for my mother who is unfortunately no longer with us for bringing me here and giving me a chance in my education I hope one day I will be able to change the world for the better unhelp the ones who are who really need our help in city planning and architecture so we can bring the community together thank you Mariza de la Torre Allar bachelor of art in psychology this has been such an unforgettable experience filled with a lot of learning growth and unlearning um and I would like to thank everyone that I hope me get to this moment um and thank you Diana so much for everything Jessica v Rubio Rincón master in public policy what once what once was a dream today becomes a reality and I couldn't be more proud of this journey le dedico esta logro a mi mamá a mi hermano y a mi papá que me cuida desde el cielo while he took a village to get us here it wasn't our it was our hearts or tears and our passion that allow us today to close this chapter un document and un afraid Ernesto Gutiérrez Topete PhD in Hispanic linguistics thank you uh first of all I want to thank my family who isn't here but they're watching uh los quiero a mis papás a mis hermanos este logro es por y para ustedes sin ustedes sin su apoyo sin su amor no habría logrado esto thank you very much I also want to thank my mentors uh Lily from usp Jessica from ogd Alberto Ledesma and everyone else who's standing next to them because if I'm uh have as good a mentor as they have been to me I will make my students very happy I'm sure and finally I want to thank the administration and the donors who are present here or watching from afar without your contribution this wouldn't be possible so thank you very much erandi garcía bachelors in sociology and bachelors in spanish andres garcía bachelors in conservation and resource studies and two minors one in spanish and in chicanos studies I just want to say thank you to everyone the media and to diana and the usp staff i congrats to classroom 23 elisa montes preciado bachelor of business administration the hospital of business I stand here today honoring all the unconditional love and support I've received from my loved ones and individuals who never stopped believing in me my mom my dad angie maggie steven shana and undocumented student program you guys have been crucial to my to me being here we did not give up and we never will sebastián garcía bachelors in business administration and psychology ah sin el apoyo incondicional de mis seres queridos nubias se puede llegar donde estoy este logro es tanto mío como suyo muchas gracias a mis padres hermanos y mis queridos y mis queridos abuelitos por pero no puedo olvidar obviamente a este programa lily diana vianca y a las personas que me apoyaron en el transcurso de mi vida académica sin su contribución ese camino más difícil muchas gracias a todas las personas que me alentaron en este camino su apoyo no será invano o será olvidado muchas gracias felicitaciones de todos los raduados y como decimos de mi país si se puede si se pudo y siempre se podrá go bers lots of arts and political economy hello everyone thank you for being here um I just want to say a huge shout out to liana for always helping me throughout my four years here at UC Berkeley and to everybody who contributed to all the student success here I quiero agradecerle a mi mamá quien me está viendo en su teléfono allá en la casa so gracias y la amo mucho thank you bachelor of arts in media studies and business digital studies hola quiero aprovechar este momento para expulsar mi agradecimiento a usp a mis seres queridos aquí presente a mi familia en Honduras quienes me han apoyado y amado a lo largo de este camino también quiero aprovechar para agradecerle a mi madre que en todo la valentía de traerme este país y quien ha sacrificado todo para ayudarme a cumplir mis sueños los amo gracias a Sanchez Gutiérrez bachelor of arts and public health and a minor in Spanish linguistics thank you usp for always providing being welcoming and supportive in my four years here gracias a mi familia a mis papás a mi abuelita mi tía my little bro um thank you so much muchas gracias por siempre estar en mi creer en mi estos para ustedes muchas gracias soy la primera pero no soy la última y lar political science thank you so much usp for everything from mental health resources to just being there for all of us todo esto es para mis papás y mis hermanas mis hermanos y mi hermana los amo i also want to thank my partner my friends that continue to be there and support me i feel that i'm becoming the woman that i want to be i can't wait to for what comes next muchas gracias por creer en mi los amo viva mexico and go bears hello everyone um after migrating from mexico i made my home in east oakland so i would like to thank the community that i met their mentors that became friends bringing niki friends peers to have our now live life long friends for helio briana and daisy and christina thank you for being there and supporting me and shout out to my sisters who are also graduating from high school and kindergarten um thank you everyone for being here and my parents maria fernanda castorena bachelors in sociology with a minor in education hola muchas gracias a todos pero muchas gracias a mi mamá que va a estar viendo este vídeo al rato a le quiero decir gracias porque todos sus esfuerzos su cariño y apoyo fue por todo mi crecimiento y todo lo que me enseñó fue una gran enseñanza gracias a todos mis amigos y mis comunidades por quererme apoyarme y todos los momentos bonitos siempre los llevo en mi corazón y los quiero mucho a todos santiago lopez bachelors in public health i just want to say thank you the usp family for always being there thank you to my best friends that are here thank you for being my home away from home gracias mama y papi por traerme y no olvidarse de mí ese logro se lo dedico a mi mamá hora que me está viendo en el cielo valeria placencia bachelor's degree in civil engineering with a minor in city and regional planning irónicamente no preparé algo para esto pero muchas gracias a mis papás que hoy se graduan con también quiero agradecer a mis hermanitos sin así matías que están allá muchísimas gracias por acompañarme hoy a mi hermano que está viendo la cámara y a mis amigos que me vieron una familia que gracias por estar aquí los quiero montserrat roa vias bachelor barts in legal study hola buenas tardes antes que nada quería decirle feliz día de las madres a todas las madres aquí especialmente a mi mamí a mis papás gracias por enseñarme que en esta vida en esta vida nada ni nadie puede detener gracias por sus sacrificios y su esfuerzo estaba por ustedes i also want to thank my sister for being my forever role model for a lony college for getting me here but we'll go transfers and for us people supporting me throughout my time here this also goes out to my undock you cousins yaremian carla and an old friend gabriel i hope i made you guys proud christina a costa navarro bachelor of science and conservation and resource studies and bachelor of arts in ethnic studies hi primero quiero felicitar a todas mamás y a las abuelitas feliz día si ustedes no estaríamos aquí gracias a mi mamá a mi abuela a mis hermanas a mis mejoras amigas y a todas mujeres mi vida que me han dado la fortaleza para seguir y quienes me han enseñado lo que es el amor incondicional a mi abuelito genio que me ya la extensión lo quiero mucho gracias hernandez bachelor of arts in psychology hi i want to start off by thinking the undocumented student program and all the interns that are now my dearest friends without you i would not be here thank you graduar me the uc berkeley es mi mayor logro y no podría estar más orgullosa de llegar finalmente aquí en comunidad a cumplir esa meta como estudiante y documentada y primer generación esta experiencia fue lejos de fácil pero estoy muy agradecida y bendecida de mi tener a mi padre a mis hermanas y a mis amigos ahora que se han convertido en familia como mi pollor sistema de apoyo y a lo largo de este viaje para mi padre y mis dos hermanas este es nuestro título gracias i want to start off by saying happy mother's day and um yeah i just want to say thank you to everyone that's helped me to get to this point in my life from my family that's watching from online to um my family and friends and also the random people that i just met around campus um from the people at strada that just hooked it up with coffee every single time to yeah just everyone thank you so much and yeah yeah bachelor of arts in sociology thank you to my parents um to my siblings to my brother and my partner for always pushing me and being my best friends and my everyone's quarters thank you viana lopez ayende bachelor of arts and integrated biology and a minor in portuguese i first thank the document student program for all the support they've given me throughout my time at berkeley i would also like to thank my mom and my aunt who are very strong women and without them i wouldn't be standing here today um i'm the oldest grandchild and i hope i serve and serve to be an inspiration to the rest of my family specifically my youngest sister who i have a 12 year age gap and i hope to see crossing the stage in like 12 years time um and there's so many people who have helped me throughout my journey and i can't name them all but i want to thank them and i would like to say happy mother's day to all the women all the mothers here today um that's it bachelor's in sociology with the minor in chicano study and a focus in social work right here and best of luck for all of you uh undocumented grad students we have come to the end of the ceremony thank you all for your support you've provided for to the graduates throughout their time at berkeley today we celebrate the class of 2023 congratulations to you all and your loved ones and your community we would also like to thank usp and the university development and alumni relations staff for putting this celebration together thank you all so much for celebrating with us today and for the support you've provided to our students one way or another in a few minutes we will transition to the reception please join us for food beverage and great company for the rest of our time together congratulations class of 2023 we're going to do a group photo over there so if you could please join us when you're ready that would be great thank you