As a child, Estefania Réyon was forced to flee her home in Colombia,

and was granted political asylum here in the United States.

As you can imagine, that experience caused us,

Therania lasting pain and trauma.

And so when she saw migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border,

she knew she needed to do something to help.

The result.

The Yes We Can World Foundation,

a nonprofit that created and operates the Yes We Can Mobile Schools Program,

the first full-time bilingual education program for migrant children at the U.S. Mexico border.

Estefania, thank you for being here.

Hi, Alicia.

Thank you so much for having me.

Stephanie, I want to talk about all the work you're doing, but I feel like we can't talk about the work that you were doing without talking about the personal experiences you've had that have really led you to this theory of change. So I want you to take me back. What is it you remember about growing up in Columbia?

I moved here when I was 10. So for me, it was a very hard experience to have to leave my home

and be forced out because that's essentially what happened.

My dad, his life was threatened, unfortunately, and within two weeks, our life completely changed.

I remember being in school.

I used to go to an all-girls Catholic school, and it was really small.

So it was literally my family.

I grew up with those girls since I was five. And when

this happened, my world got destroyed. So I remember being there the last day of school, getting called to

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