Logra Tu Dream: Helping Latinos Achieve Their American Dream I Inspiration I Mentorship I Business Coaching

Julissa is the director of development at Define American, an organizations that uses the power of story to transcend politics and shift the conversation around citizenship.  She is also the co-founder and Chairman of the Ascend Educational Fund, a college scholarship and mentorship program for New York City immigrant students regardless of their immigration status.  Julissa built a successful career on Wall Street working at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch and had seemingly achieved the American Dream of wealth and status, and yet she was not part of what defined American.  Arce asked herself, what if she defined American- a woman from Mexico who while undocumented achieved careers success.  Her powerful story has been featured in ELLE Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Telemundo, MSNBC and others. What you'll learn Julissa's struggle and journey as an undocumented immigrant  What she learned from her parents struggle How Julissa financed her college education working on a funnel cakes stand in anothe