Millions of immigrants come to the United States each year to secure a better life and build a legacy for their families to thrive. How can we center their voices as we advance immigration policy that allows all immigrant families the opportunities to craft these brighter futures? 

Our video fellow, Maris Medina, shares her family’s immigration story and the resilient love her parents shared to build a legacy for her and her sister. 

She reflects on what her parents — frontline nurses — gave up when they left everything they built in the Philippines (including a nurses’ training center) to forge a better life for their two children in the United States.