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After graduating from Tempe’s McClintock High School in 2005, German Cadenas applied to ASU but was denied admission.
“At that time, they were treating undocumented students like international students,” said Cadenas, who moved to the U.S. from Venezuela with his mother when he was 15. “They wanted me to go get a visa, and I couldn’t go back.”
Since community colleges were more affordable, Cadenas attended Mesa Community College using donations from family friends.