The face of immigration reform

Growing up in Sun Valley, Joselyn Arroyo saw firsthand the heartbreak of trading a bright career for sweat and sacrifice.
It happened to her parents - both professional engineers from Mexico, who were reduced to backbreaking jobs as bakers and housecleaners after they crossed illegally into the United States with her when she was just 3.
And it almost happened to her.
Although she earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Northridge, the diploma was as good as blank without a Social Security number or U.S. citizenship to go with it.
Staff writer Susan Abram details the story in the Sunday Daily News.