My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive

From the time she was brought to this country by her hardworking parents as a child, Julissa Arce — the scholarship winner, the honors college graduate, the young woman who climbed the ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs — had secretly lived as an undocumented immigrant. In this surprising, at times heart-wrenching, but always inspirational personal story of struggle, grief, and ultimate redemption, Arce takes readers deep into the little-understood world of a generation of undocumented immigrants in the United States today — people who live next door, sit in your classrooms, work in the same office, and may very well be your boss. By opening up about the story of her successes, her heartbreaks, and her long-fought journey to emerge from the shadows and become an American citizen, Arce shows us the true cost of achieving the American dream-from the perspective of a woman who had to scale unseen and unimaginable walls to get there.