Ecuadorian among the 100 most influential of 2018 of Time magazine

The Ecuadorian Cristina Jiménez is on the list of the 100 most influential people in the Time Magazine of 2018. "She dreams big", is one of the phrases that the singer and ambassador of Unicef, Selena Gómez, who was in charge of write the description of the co-founder of the organization 'United We Dream'.

"She dreams because she wants a future for around 700,000 young people who, unable to choose for themselves, were brought to the United States as children by their undocumented parents," says Gómez.

And, it is that, Cristina lived the same story. At age 13, she arrived in the northern country, in Queens, as an undocumented immigrant. In 2008 he participated in the founding of 'United We Dream', an organization led by young people to protect and defend the rights of migrants, says the publication.

This organization also played an important role in the decision made by the former president of the United States. Barack Obama to sign the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to prevent the deportation of children.