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Welcome Gosia Labno, co-founder of @kulturamag, here to talk about her personal story of being a \u201cWhite\u201d DACA recipient from Poland, to the Immigration MIC Podcast!\n\nGosia is from Chicago, Illinois, is a historian, works in communications, is a photographer, videographer, a writer, and a dog mom. \n\nHer family moved from Poland when she was nine years old; she describes her early years in Poland as a \u201csimple and sheltered\u201d - she went to a private school where she learned English early on.\n\nHer grandparents had moved to Illinois because of the spread of communism in Europe, she talks about how her grandfather pursued the American dream, but held problematic views on race.\n \nShe describes her family\u2019s decision/process to stay in the US, and talks about her older brother\u2019s suicide (when she was in 5th grade) and how being unable to attend his funeral was a major moment in her life. \n\nShe talks about the second major moment she experienced with immigration which was the heartbreaking moment she experienced being unable to go on a class trip to Paris, France.\n \nGosia talks about being aware of the privilege her skin color brings, and refers to it as a \u201cmask\u201d of sorts and talks about having seen other \u201cwhite\u201d members of her community targeted by ICE. \n\nThe 2012 announcement of DACA and how she was able to attend her \u201cdream internship\u201d and how it fueled a lot of passion, but at the same time was unable to ignore the Obama Administration\u2019s deportation efforts. \n\nShe talks about her experience with sharing her story, from being discouraged, to receiving a lot of hate her first tweet after the 2016 election -- to questioning if she would stay in the US. \n\n\u201cNow is not the time to be quiet \u2026 this is not just a Mexican issue, a Latin American issue\u201d -- Gosia talks about the importance of other \u201cwhite\u201d DACA recipients supporting the fight for immigration reform and using \u201cprivilege\u201d to contribute. \n\n\u2026 and much more in the very personal telling of her story. Gosia, speaking with you was very impactful and moving and we\u2019re gonna do great work together, and like I said, \u201cParis awaits you\u201d.