Ricardo is now the
legislative director for the Oregon Student Association. There, he has
been a strong advocate for legislation to give Oregon Dreamers a chance
to get their own higher education degrees. Ricardo worked full time while going to school full time in order to
pay for essentials. He said: I want to make sure that I am contributing
to affording an apartment and a car. He said that without DACA, he
would not have his bachelor of science degree today. He said that this
law is a beacon of hope to young people like himself. In Oregon, there are now an estimated 11,000 Dreamers.