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Bookmark or Share- Julissa Arce - WikipediaJulissa Natzely Arce Raya is a Mexican-American writer, speaker, businesswoman, and advocate for immigration rights. She is the co-founder of Ascend Educational Fund (AEF) and the author of My (Underground) American Dream (2016), Someone Like Me (2018), and “You Sound Like a White Girl” (2022).
- Julissa Arce.Julissa Arce is a nationally recognized author, speaker, and social justice advocate who, with America Ferrera, is currently developing and executive producing a television series for a major network optioned from her bestselling memoir, My (Underground) American Dream.
- A Reformed “Model Immigrant” Shares What It Costs to Become AmericanIn You Sound Like a White Girl, Julissa Arce combines memoir and history to reclaim the Latino identity she pushed away as an undocumented immigrant in San Antonio. By Cat Cardenas.
- Biography — Julissa Arce.Julissa Arce is a best-selling author of My (Underground) American Dream (Entre Las Sombras del Sueño Americano) and Someone Like Me (Alguien Como Yo). She was named one of People en Español’s 25 Most Powerful Women of 2017 and 2019 Woman of the Year by the City of Los Angeles.
- Rejecting assimilation in 'You Sound Like a White Girl' - NPRElise Hu talks to Arce about her new book — You Sound Like a White Girl — and the case for rejecting assimilation in favor of embracing yourself, your history, and your culture.
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