Share the Spirit: Immigration Institute of the Bay Area makes citizenship goals a reality

It was April, just a few months since the new administration took over in the White House, and Cynthia Verduzco walked into an office for the most important interview of her life: She was applying to be a United States citizen.

After she was born in Mexico, her family moved to Los Angeles when she was an infant, then to Newark when she was in middle school.

She raised three kids here. She built her entire life here. For as long as she can remember, the United States was her home.