Volunteering with Unaccompanied Immigrant Children to Help them Find an Embracing Environment

Priscila Marroquin is a Young Center volunteer based in Chicago whose unwavering devotion to supporting immigrant children stems largely from her personal experiences coming to the United States as an undocumented child. When Priscila was six, she traveled from Guatemala to the U.S. with her mom and brother. For 15 years, Priscila lived her life in the U.S. undocumented. Her status left her feeling isolated and lonely, and as a child, she often told herself she had to become invisible. Later, after becoming a graduate student at DePaul University, Priscila was introduced to the Young Center through one of her teachers. She was quickly drawn to the Young Center’s mission and eager to support children whose experiences being in a new country she felt were a lot like her own. “My hope for children is that they find safety and they find an embracing environment,” Priscila said. <a href="https://theyoungcenter.medium.com/volunteering-with-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-to-help-them-find-an-embracing-environment-811dcb3534d2">Click Here</a>