I chose to use a butterfly as my cover. The reason I chose a butterfly is for two reasons one is that I believe a butterfly does a beautiful job of representing myself because you start as a caterpillar not developed yet not knowing what the world has to offer. In addition, just like a caterpillar I was scared to spread my wings because I wasn’t sure I was prepared to handle it in such a hostile society for undocumented students like myself. This brings me to my second reason for choosing a caterpillar and that is because it’s the symbol for DACA. Being a DACA student myself I always knew that a butterfly was the symbol for it but I never actually understood why until now. At least I understand how the butterfly image connects with myself. It is hard to be a DACA student and especially with the president we have today but I realize how far I have came from not being able to tell anyone about being a DACA student to now writing about it. A butterfly represents me so perfectly because I am not ashamed of what I am and I have came a long way to be able to say it just how a caterpillar came a long way to be the beautiful colorful butterfly it is. All butterfly’s have different patterns in their wings and that is also true for DACA students we are all so different and come from different places but we are all united through DACA.
Love the imagery you've chosen and the reasoning behind it. I've always tried to keep milkweed in my backyard at home, it's so fun watching caterpillars grow and find places to form their chrysalis and eventually turn into butterflies.
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