Violeta, at age 3 when she migrated from Mexico with her family, Violeta became a Brooklynite. She has used her struggles as an undocumented person and currently as a DACA recipient to motivate others to obtain higher education. While at Hunter College she served as the treasurer to the Hunter College Dream Team where she brought attention to the issues affecting undocumented students while making sure students had access to a safe space to voice their fears and needs. At present, when she is not working for the City of New York she still follows her passion of empowering immigrants to raise their quality of life. Violeta studied Business Administration at Borough Of Manhattan Community College, Finance and Accounting at Hunter College and at the moment she is studying Public Administration and Policy at the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. She spends her leisure time punching and kicking at kickboxing class or cooking a delicious meal.