Futuro | Undocumented and DACA students can’t get federal aid to go to college. Here’s how one Middle Tennessee Student is grinding for a higher education

Jennifer Novo is executive director of FUTURO, a college success and professional development organization that serves predominantly Latino students. She says the lack of access to financing discourages many undocumented high schoolers from even considering college.“Most opt out of pursuing a higher education because it is very financially difficult,” she says. “Most of them don’t know, though, that there are private schools that will work with them.”