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New scholarship to help undocumented immigrants pay for college

WILLIMANTIC–Robert Diaz is graduating from Eastern Connecticut State University in one week. It’s taken hard work and dedication to get here. That’s because Diaz is a so-called “DREAMer”–his family moved to the U.S. when he was 11-years-old. Diaz had to learn English, but he eventually graduated from high school in Groton. He then worked part-time to get through community college, eventually transferring to Eastern, a four-year school. Diaz said it was tough because, as an undocumented immigrant with Deferred Action for Childhood […]

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