A Texas high school valedictorian slated to attend Yale University with a full scholarship said in her graduation speech that she is among the 11 million undocumented immigrants who are living in the United States.
Larissa Martinez, after having moved from to the U.S. from Mexico at age 12, graduated McKinney Boyd High School with a 4.95 GPA. She took 17 AP classes over her high school career.
“I am one of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the shadows of the United States,” she said, according to NBC News. “I decided to stand before you today and reveal these unexpected realities, because this might be my only chance to convey the truth to all of you that undocumented immigrants are people too.”
