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Only 1 percent of undocumented students graduate from college in the United States every year. Danilo Machado is just one of the them. His family immigrated from Colombia to Stamford, Conn. in 2000 and became undocumented when their visas expired a few years later. Now the 23-year-old is a graduate of the University of Connecticut-Stamford. Meg Dalton spoke to Machado about how his undocumented status, together with his education, opened him up to a world of activism. 

Dalton - Machado

Next month construction will begin on the Bayview Correctional Facility at the corner of 20th and 11th avenue. The former women’s prison will be renovated as a women’s center. It will house nonprofits and businesses working to improve the lives of women and girls. As Meg Dalton explains, many of the people involved in the transition still remember the site as it once was.

Reimagining a former women's prison

Sharon Richardson