1.0Dream Project working to make higher education accessible to allhttps://dream-project.orgThe Dream Projecthttps://dream-project.org/author/comms/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kfQSqMsiTj"><a href="https://dream-project.org/the-power-of-community-francescos-story/"><strong>The Power of Community: Francesco’s Story</strong></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dream-project.org/the-power-of-community-francescos-story/embed/#?secret=kfQSqMsiTj" width="600" height="338" title="“<strong>The Power of Community: Francesco’s Story</strong>” — Dream Project working to make higher education accessible to all" data-secret="kfQSqMsiTj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://dream-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/18278593_1423317344391941_6320603908932086784_o.jpg20481152Meet Francesco I was born in Peru and came to the U.S. with my family at age nine. Like so many immigrants, we made the decision to leave our extended families behind to pursue better economic opportunities. Despite the personal costs to my parents, they […]