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Welcome to the Dream Center!
Contact uS
Regular Semester Office hours:
Tuesday and Thursday
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
and 6:00 pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
and 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Dream Center is an intentionally shared space with the Puente program, which together is known as the Puente/Dream Center. All staff are ready to serve Dreamers and Puentistas alike at the center: a safe space to receive and be referred to resources specifically for them, as well as a space to meet, organize, study, eat, and socialize.
Follow us: @NVC_DreamCenter
Síganos: @NVC_DreamCenter
- VIDAS (Vital Immigrant Advocacy and Defense Services)
- (Free legal assistance)
- Ricardo Elorza | (619) 786-0918 | relorza@vidaslegal.org
- Mentis Miguel Ramirez | (707) 346-4244 | NVC Office at (707) 256-7284
mramirez@mentisnapa.org - DSPS McCarthy Library | Second floor, room 1766 | (707) 256-7345
dsps@napavalley.edu - Student Health Center Building 2250 | (707) 256-7780
- Financial Aid Liliana | Room 1132 |
(707) 256-7301
financialaid@napavalley.edu - EOPS Room 1132 | (707) 563-1948 | Spanish (707) 256-7323
EOPS@napavalley.edu - MESA/STEM Center Rooms 2210 and 2220 | (707) 256-7282 mesa.stemcenter@napavalley.edu rrubio@napavalley.edu
- Academic Counseling Office Room 1339 (707) 256-7220
nvccounseling@napavalley.edu
- Roadmap for dreamers
- Scholarships and financial aid (free national mobile application).
- Immigrants on the rise : transforming lives through education.
- Top Universities Thousands of peer-reviewed articles and resources to empower your educational and career decisions.
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ( MALDEF ) The nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization.
- AZ Scholarships
- A Tucson-based immigrant youth-led organization working to make higher education accessible to all students, regardless of immigration status.
- My Undocumented Life : Up-to-date information and resources for undocumented students, families, and allies.
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) partners include philanthropists, community and movement leaders, corporations, and state and local government leaders.
- National College Resources Foundation (The College Expo) A 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational improvement organization.
- California Dream Act Service Incentive Grant Program : Overview for Students.
- The UndocuBlack Network
- A network that fights to create spaces for current and former undocumented Black immigrants
to not only survive but thrive.
#ImmigrationIsABlackIssue #UndocuBlack
- A network that fights to create spaces for current and former undocumented Black immigrants
to not only survive but thrive.
- Open Doors | 952 Napa St., Napa, CA 94559 | 707-224-1786 | info@puertasabiertasnapa.org
- Rapid Response Network (North Bay) | 707-800-4544
- OLE Health | 707-254-1770
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VIDAS delivers trauma-informed immigrant legal advocacy, specializing in removal defense and asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), U and T Visas, VAWA and family-based petitions, and citizenship applications.
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- Bay Area Legal Aid (Napa Office)
- 1250 Main St, Suite 210, Box 18, Napa, CA 94559
- (707) 259-0579
- http://www.BayLegal.org
- Adjustment of Status, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, U visas, Violence
Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
- Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
- Adjustment of Status, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, U visas, Violence
Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
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International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA)
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1785 3rd Street, Napa, CA 94559
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(707) 266-1568 ext.41,
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IIBA offers comprehensive immigration legal services, including citizenship applications, DACA renewals, family reunification, humanitarian services, and deportation defense.
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Legal Assistance Foundation Inc.
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2210 K Street, Suite 201, Sacramento, CA 95816
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(916) 446-7904
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- DACA Application Assistance, Consultations, DACA USCIS Filing, Education and Outreach
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- Centro Legal de la Raza
- 3400 East 12th Street, Oakland, CA, 94601
- (510) 437-1554
- www.centrolegal.org
- DACA Application Assistance, Consultations, DACA USCIS Filing, Additional Immigration Resources
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Catholic Charities North West CA
- Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties. Northern California residents outside of these counties are also welcome to apply.
- https://ccnwc.org/what-we-do/immigration-legal-solutions.html
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DACA Renewal, DACA Advance Parole, Free Citizenship Classes, Family Based Petition, Green Card Renewal, U Visa, T Visa, and VAWA Services, Naturalization
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- Find Legal Assistance - Napa County
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Full List of Organizations with Resources for DACA by Region:
- National Immigration Legal Services Directory
- Promising Practices - CCC Undocumented Student Support Services (Google Drive)
- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
- https://www.ilrc.org/
- ILRC is a national nonprofit resource center that provides immigration legal trainings, technical assistance, and educational materials, and engages in advocacy and immigrant civic engagement to advance immigrant rights.
- https://www.ilrc.org/
- My Undocumented Life : Up-to-date information and resources for undocumented students, families, and allies.
- 10 ways to support undocumented students
- Find concrete tips and specific resources that allies and educators can use to strengthen their support for undocumented students.
- Support for undocumented students
- (Resource Links)
- CCC Foundation - Support for undocumented students - New free module
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The module provides a common understanding of undocumented students in our system along with learned strategies and promising practices to support them.
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By understanding the unique circumstances of undocumented students and knowing where to direct them for help , you can help make significant and meaningful impacts on their educational paths .
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- Electronic manual to support undocumented students
- The USS e-Handbook aims to promote promising practices across the system to provide undocumented students with comprehensive resources and services. Additionally, we aim to educate and empower California Community College System professionals and administrators to institutionalize support for undocumented students.
- "The e-handbook is divided into different topics by chapter. We will continue to release chapters in the coming months. Each chapter may be of interest to different audiences, including UndocuLiaisons, classified staff, student staff, administrators, faculty, advising faculty, and others. We encourage you to click through the different links and use these tools to identify best practices that would yield the best student success outcomes for your campus." - Office of the Provost.
- California Dream Act Service Incentive Grant Program Trifold Brochure
CSU Campus Resources for Undocumented Students
Sonoma State
Sacramento State
State of SF
Chico State
Universidad de California en Berkeley
- Programa para estudiantes indocumentados de la Universidad de California en Berkeley
- Liliana Iglesias | (510) 643-5740 | liglesias@berkeley.edu
Directora del Programa de Estudiantes Indocumentados
Universidad de California en Davis
- UC Davis AB540 y el Centro de Estudiantes Indocumentados
- Laura Monica Bohorquez Garcia | 530-752-9538 | lbohorq@ucdavis.edu
Directora, AB 540 y Centro de Estudiantes Indocumentados - Información sobre ayuda financiera para estudiantes indocumentados o con DACA
Universidad de California en San Francisco
- Servicios de apoyo a estudiantes indocumentados de la UC San Francisco
- Alejandra.Rincón | Alejandra.Rincon@ucsf.edu
Vicerrectora adjunta y jefa de personal | Oficina de Diversidad y Difusión - Melisa Anne Bautista | Melisa.Bautista@ucsf.edu
Directora, Centro de Recursos Multiculturales | Oficina de Diversidad y Difusión
Universidad de California en Santa Cruz
- Programas de oportunidades educativas para estudiantes indocumentados de la UC Santa Cruz
- Aracely Aceves Lozano | (831) 459-2296 | aaceves5@ucsc.edu
Consejera Académica de Servicios para Estudiantes Indocumentados - Daniela Jiménez De Anda | daljimen@ucsc.edu
Consultora del Programa de Servicios para Estudiantes Indocumentados
Servicios para Estudiantes Indocumentados | (831) 459-4055 | eopab540@ucsc.edu
Universidad de California en Los Ángeles
- Programa de estudiantes indocumentados de la UCLA
- Valeria Garcia | (310) 206-9341 | vgarcia@saonet.ucla.edu
Directora Asistente, Centro de Recursos Bruin - Enrique Campos | (310) 794-2544 | ecampos@saonet.ucla.edu
Director del Programa de Estudiantes Indocumentados
Universidad de California en Santa Bárbara
- Equipo de recursos de Dream Scholars de la UC Santa Barbara
- Diana Valdivia Ordorica | (805) 893-5609 | dvaldiviaordorica@ucsb.edu
Directora, Servicios para Indocumentados - Cuca Acosta | (805) 893-2307 | refugia.acosta@sa.ucsb.edu
Directora Asociada de Servicios Escolares, Oficina de Admisiones - Lupe Navarro-García | (805) 893-4089 | lupe.garcia@sa.ucsb.edu
Vicerrectora adjunta, Servicios de apoyo académico para estudiantes
Universidad de California en San Diego
- Servicios para estudiantes indocumentados de la UC San Diego
- Dayan Castaneda | dlcastaneda@ucsd.edu
Gerente interino del programa, Servicios para estudiantes indocumentados
Universidad de California en Irvine
- Centro UCI DREAM
- Dra. Angela C. Chen | (949) 824-8225 | angelacc@uci.edu
Directora, Centro UCI DREAM - Yadira Hernandez | (949) 824-6390 | yadirakh@uci.edu
Assistant Director, UCI DREAM Center - Alejandra Jeronimo | Ajeroni1@uci.edu
Program Coordinator, UCI DREAM Center
University of California, Merced
- UC Merced Services for Undocumented Students
- Victoria Ordaz Garcia | (209) 600-5316| vordazgarcia@ucmerced.edu
- Associate Director, Calvin E. Bright Center for Success
University of California, Riverside
- UC Riverside Undocumented Student Program
- Ana Coria | (951) 827-3808 | ana.coria@ucr.edu
Director, Undocumented Student Programs - Eric Yang | (951) 827-2193 | Eric.Yang2@ucr.edu
Program Coordinator, Undocumented Student Programs
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Student Assistant, Puente/Dream Center
Evelyn Alvarez
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Student Services Specialist, Puente/Dream Center
Gilberto Ramirez
- (707) 256-7685
- gilberto.ramirez@napavalley.edu
- Office: 841
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Dean, Counseling and Student Success Services
Ryan E. Smith, Doctor of Education.
- (707) 256-7317
- ryan.smith@napavalley.edu
- Office: 1339C
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Assistant Superintendent / Vice President for Student Affairs / UndocuLiaison
Alejandro Guerrero, Ed.D.
- (707) 256-7365
- aguerrero@napavalley.edu
- Office: 1330A