Dania Ramirez Wants Everyone to "Change Their Perspective on Immigrants"

PS: What is your family's immigration story?

DR: We were very happy people in Dominican Republic, but very poor. My dad studied chemistry and my mother was a nurse, and even with college educations they could stand to make more money here as illegal immigrants than they did in DR. The chance for advancement in my country is very small. My parents wanted to give us a better future and opportunities. It was very difficult for them to leave everyone and everything they knew to come to a foreign country and start from zero. The US is a great country that gives everyone, no matter what economic stature, the hope that if you work really hard you can become whatever you dream. Dreams here come true!