Passion for human rights leads undocumented Georgia graduate to double major

Ever since she was in kindergarten, Kathy can remember her mom saying she would one day go to college.

Years later, after taking advanced courses and graduating with a 4.0 GPA, Kathy planned to pursue a computer science degree at a private institution – but the financial burden led her to switch to Freedom University, an underground school for undocumented students.

Kathy is one of an estimated 3,000 undocumented students who graduate from Georgia’s high schools each year. Students like her are also banned from attending select public universities and from accessing in-state tuition rates, due to a longstanding Georgia Board of Regents policy.