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A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey From A Homeless Shelter To The Ivy League

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published July 30, 2015 at 10:10 AM EDT

  Dan-el Padilla Peralta is one of millions of young undocumented men and women brought to the country as children. He is also a gifted scholar who made his way to some of the world’s most elite schools.

Peralta’s new book is: Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey From A Homeless Shelter To The Ivy League evocatively recounts Peralta’s journey from the New York City shelter system to the Ivy League.

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Web-extra: Audio book exerpt - 'Undocumented' from Audible Studios, read by the author
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