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...temporary respite from the undocumented life in the outside world. “This was in so many ways the closest I’ve ever been to freedom, to be at Harvard,” says Mariana, an undocumented student who graduated last year and asked that her real name not be disclosed. Mariana came here when she was eight years old from Mexico; her mother was sick, and they could not find the care she needed in their home country...
...many Harvard students, once graduation looms, their concerns about speaking out also begin to give way. “The students who are more willing to be vocal are the ones that have graduated and are really experiencing what it means to be undocumented in the real world, not Harvard’s safe place,” Mariana says...
...looking toward the future, there are only two real pieces of advice that people can give Mariana: get married or move back to Mexico. “I don’t know the place at all,” she says. Mariana also cannot leave her family behind, knowing that her mother is still sick. And as far as marriage: “I’ve been proposed to more times than I care to get married,” she says, remembering the offers of friends she has told about her situation...
...doesn’t then ask my hometown, concentration, or House. Instead, an eyebrow raises and she asks a different question. It can range from a curious inquiry to a challenge, but I always know what it will be: “What’s your real name...
...middle one. I’ve always wondered what N. Gregory Mankiw’s story is. In eighth grade, one classmate confessed in an English essay that he, too, was harboring a secret first name that he chose not to use. Even Zane Grey dropped his real first name—Pearl—in favor of his middle name...