Beneath the iconic tiers of Geisel Library, she sends her cap soaring, an arc her immigrant parents once imagined long before she could walk. Her parents arrived in America carrying more hope than certainty, believing that education could change the course of a family for generations. Today, wearing her UC San Diego graduation stole, she becomes the living proof of that belief. From long shifts, sacrifices, and starting over in a new land, to watching their daughter graduate from UC San Diego, this moment is the American Dream made visible: one generation enduring so the next can rise higher than they ever could.