Julissa Arce

Julissa Natzely Arce Raya is an accomplished Mexican-American speaker, writer, and businesswoman with a focus on immigration rights advocacy. Her work is well recognized, and she is the co-founder of the Ascend Educational Fund (AEF). She has penned several books including ‘My (Underground) American Dream’ (2016), as well as ‘Someone Like Me’ (2018), and ‘You Sound Like a White Girl’ (2022). Through her writing, Arce weaves narratives that capture and hold the reader’s interest.