April 23rd, 2024
Kali, a member of American Families United (Minneapolis), met her husband 20 years ago while dancing merengue, and they are now raising a family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, her native home and his adopted one. She traveled to Washington, D.C. on April 16-17 for a Capitol Hill briefing, advocating for the extension of work permits to immigrants deeply integrated into American families and communities. Kali shared, “When I look at the trajectory my life has taken, even from the very foundational elements of my core identity, it seems to me there is no way I could have avoided ending up with my husband. To borrow a line from my favorite band, 311, ‘I believe we came from the same cloud, two drops in the ocean’ — our paths were destined to converge.”
