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Born in Rodeo, Durango in Mexico, Nora C. Meléndez (she/they) came to East Palo Alto, California, as a true OG (original) Dreamer in 1983. Nora's often conflicted experiences with education, immigration, and crimmigration (criminalization of immigrants) in the United States of America have cemented her commitment to working locally in order to effect larger systemic change.