The Tennessean, 4/5/24
Many undocumented immigrant students like Jonathan Ochoa grow up with a dream of attending college.But unlike Ochoa, American citizens can apply for scholarships or loans to pay for school. Without Equal Chance for Education, a local organization that distributes $2.1 million in annual scholarships to undocumented students, Ochoa and others like him would not be able to attend college, he said Thursday during the third annual Evening of Conversations event in Nashville.