Park is first DACA student to win a Rhodes Scholarship

1. hopes the changes the Rhodes Trust made will give other "Dreamers" hope

2. Jin Kyu Park

2.1. won the Rhodes Scholarship

2.1.1. before Park, the Rhodes Scholarship program wouldn't consider undocumented immigrants for the award

2.1.2. Harvard helped Park appky for the 2018 class

2.1.3. Park hoped to start a conversation with the Rhodes Trust

2.1.4. in 2019 all DACA students can apply (thanks to Park)

2.1.5. Elliot Gerson (the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust)

2.1.5.1. "He said Park influenced them to change the scholarship rules"

2.1.5.2. in 2019 all DACA students can apply to the scholarship

2.1.5.3. "Park is a talented and hard-working American"

2.1.5.4. "He(Park) only lacks certain paperwork."

2.1.5.5. The Rhodes Trust was proud to start including "Dreamers" like him.

2.2. age 22

2.3. final year at Harvard University

2.4. science major focused on biology

2.5. is part of the DACA program

2.6. minor in ethnicity, migration and rights

2.7. came to the USA with his parents at 7 years old from South Korea

2.8. undocumented immigrant

3. Park's opinion/life experience

3.1. "people who aren't citizens should have other ways to feel included"

3.2. as a child, Park, saw life differently than his classmates

3.3. as a child he knew that life could change anyday

3.4. CHANGE IS POSSIBLE

4. DACA

4.1. Deffered Action for Childhood Arrivals

4.2. allows immigrant children to stay for school or work

4.3. began while President Barack Obama was in office

4.4. protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in USA as children

5. Park's parents

5.1. (also) undocumented immigrants

5.2. work at a restaurant and at a nail salon

5.3. hard working ( spent many hours at their work)

5.4. "their sacrifice was validated"

5.5. very happy for Park

6. Rhodes Scholarship

6.1. pays for students to study at Oxford University in England

6.2. students attend 2 to 3 years for free

6.3. has been around since the early 1900s

6.4. boasts an incredible list of past winners, from politicians to scientists to famous actors