Rafael Agustin

nonfiction memoir, humor - comedy-writer/actor from an Ecuadorian upper-middle class family (mom and stepdad are both doctors) that moves to California to join other family, overstays travel visa and become undocumented.

funny with light discussion on racism ; Rafa eventually does become a citizen as well as a relative success in the entertainment industry

When Rafael Agustin finds out he's undocumented in his late teens, his entire existence shifts. A fabulous memoir, written with a little comedy, a little sarcasm, you get the sense of how destabilizing it is to discover that you are "illegal" and what that means.

Best quote from Rafael's mom, "We didn't want you to grow up feeling different. Because dreams should not have borders."