In this article, the author describes his experiences as a Mexican living "illegally" in the United States and how Esperanza Community Collegial Academy has given him a second chance to find himself and his place in this world. At Esperanza he is part of a program that promotes higher education, MEXA (Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan). He is also part of the student council. Through MEXA he has learned that he is a human above anything. He has the natural right to educate himself. He is free to migrate to wherever he wishes. He has learned about his ancestors, who were here over thirty thousand years ago versus the last six hundred years of colonization. This has helped him rethink what it means to be illegal. Because MEXA has helped him learn about where he comes from, he now knows where he's going. However, all of this means nothing without the will to move forward in order to make a difference. Education is slowly helping him relinquish these chains with which society has tied him down.