Denisse and her family settled in Fremont. CA. Denisse said: "In grade school. I recall feeling different from my peers .... my skin color was darker. my English was stilted. I was poor. and I was undocumented." Denisse remembers her dad in a restaurant uniform studying late at night so he could pass the GED test. And her mother attended community college part time for 7 years to earn a nursing degree. It was this perseverance that inspired Denisse to try harder. In high school she was an excellent student and athlete. She graduated with a 4.3 grade point average. and she received the U.S.
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