dream act

for a story about the legislation aimed at undocumented high school students and their higher education opportunities. kique profiled a girl with perfect grades, high ambition, but no papers, who let us take her photo. as to not compromise her or her status, as well as comply with the company's policy, we couldn't use her face. kique held the flash tethered to my camera with the cord behind the girl while she studied. i think it worked out okay given the circumstances: nervous people, nervous editors, nervous me.

as a sidebar, we interviewed a venezuelan high school girl with an activist spark. she has been an advocate of the dream act. maria fernanda has started some real discussions at her high school. the bottom one was the one that run, because it fit the mood of the other photos better, i liked the top one better because it reminded me of those cheesy yearbook backgrounds.