When Frankie Concepcion moved to Boston ten years ago to go to Northeastern University, she didn’t intend to stay. But now, in 2020, she’s settled in Somerville with a successful writing career, a graduate degree in teaching and newly, her green card.
Concepcion spent six months as an undocumented immigrant waiting for her permanent resident card. But she’s wary of calling herself by that term — “undocumented.”
“Who am I to call myself undocumented when I did eventually get out of it and there are other people, their lives are defined by their undocumented status. Mine, for the most part, wasn’t,” said Concepcion.
View the full project at diversityinsomerville.com. Completed Dec. 8, 2020.
JULES STRUCK 