Citlalli Ortiz is a full-time college student. She also has two jobs. At the same time she’s a DACA recipient and is leading a pretty big fight.

Ortiz is trying to reinstate advance parole, a type of travel document that allowed DACA recipients to leave the country for specific, temporary purposes, like education.

She’s been calling United States congress members to try and get back what people like her lost under the Trump administration.

She’s part of a group that even went to Washington D.C. to make these pleas in person.

“It has been confusing because sometimes the people that you think that might be allies are really not… It’s just really confusing sometimes,“ said Ortiz.

Ortiz’s younger sisters were born in the U.S. so they’re automatically citizens. That’s not the case for Ortiz who was born in Mexico.

It used to be undocumented immigrants could leave the country for a little while to learn. Now studying abroad is out of the question. That’s why Ortiz is trying to get as many signatures on her petition as possible.

She’s working with the president of the California-Mexico Studies Center— and former California State University Long Beach professor— Armando Vazquez-Ramos who is outraged by the policy change.

“It’s inhumane, it’s discriminatory, and it’s arbitrary— in that order,” said Vazquez-Ramos.

Vazquez-Ramos turned his home into a workspace. He used to lead study abroad trips to Mexico until the rules changed. After decades in the classroom, he has pictures of former students everywhere. He has a special connection and understanding with his students some instructors don’t.

“There’s sometimes other professors that are like 'Oh, we’re going to Italy, we’re going to Spain,' or all these things, and it’s like 'Well I can’t go,' and they’re like 'There’s scholarships for it there’s this,' and it’s like, 'Well that’s not the problem,'” explained Ortiz.

Ortiz is a sophomore communications major with a a full plate coming up this semester. One day she hopes her schedule includes studying abroad in Mexico. She hasn’t been back since she left at two years old.

Seeing the world is essential for Ortiz who wants to reach people everywhere one day with a television show of her very own.