Ideas change everything

What's missing from the American immigrant narrative

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Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez |

TED@WellsFargo

• February 2020

Recounting her story of finding opportunity and stability in the US, Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez examines the flaws in narratives that simplify and idealize the immigrant experience -- and shares hard-earned wisdom on the best way to help those around us. "Our world is one that flourishes when different voices come together," she says.

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Recounting her story of finding opportunity and stability in the US, Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez examines the flaws in narratives that simplify and idealize the immigrant experience -- and shares hard-earned wisdom on the best way to help those around us. "Our world is one that flourishes when different voices come together," she says.

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Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

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Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez is a corporate and investment banking analyst at Wells Fargo.

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Learn more about the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), which provides scholarships and support services to students completing higher education.

Donate to Youth on Their Own, a dropout prevention agency that provides financial assistance for Arizona's homeless youth to stay in school.

Learn more about STEP Student Expedition Project, which equips low-income students with the skills needed to transition to college.