Nurturing Creativity and Embracing Faith/Spirituality
Summary
DACA recipients, Jennifer Hernandez and Julie Kim join our moderators, Lisseth Rojas-Flores and Norma Ramirez to share how embracing their creativity and spirituality have helped throughout their undocumented journeys, particularly as they await the Supreme Court decision on DACA.
Additional Resources
- Staying Grounded, Connected, and Directed Through Disruption by Pamela Ebstyne King
Author’s Note
This presentation is part of our five-week webinar series, DACA Thriving Tuesdays in collaboration with Fuller Theological Seminary. See the full series here.
Lisseth Rojas-Flores
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology Department, School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy
Norma Ramirez
Norma Ramirez is DACA recipient and doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology Program at Fuller Theological Seminary
Jennifer Hernandez
Guest Speaker
Julie Kim
Guest Speaker
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