Gaby Pacheco is an educator and immigrants rights activist whose protest march from Miami to Washington, D.C. contributed to the creation of the DACA program. She became nationally prominent starting in 2004, when she helped lead an online movement of undocumented youth calling for the DREAM Act. She inspired Jose Antonio Vargas to publicly come out as undocumented, and Vargas also interviewed her for his Time magazine cover story.
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Maria Gabriela (“Gaby”) Pacheco Character Timeline in Dear America
The timeline below shows where the character Maria Gabriela (“Gaby”) Pacheco appears in Dear America. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 2, Chapter 14: Facing Myself
...all the stories of young undocumented activists who were fighting for the DREAM Act, like Maria Gabriela Pacheco , or Gaby, who marched from Miami to Washington, D.C. in protest. Vargas wondered why...
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Part 2, Chapter 18: Who Am I?
...question and explore many of the other contradictions in U.S. immigration politics. He also interviewed Gaby Pacheco , who explained why coming out as undocumented allowed her to help others. While Time...
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