Christian Perez is the treasurer of the El Camino Dreamers club. The club supports AB 540 students, which are undocumented students who qualify to pay in-state tuition under California state law AB 540. The club meets Tuesdays at 1:15 p.m. in Room 207 of the Student Services Building.

What is the El Camino Dreamers about?

The El Camino Dreamers is an AB 540 support group. It’s not just for undocumented students. The main purpose of the club is to provide support. There are a lot of AB 540 students that feel like they’re alone and they’re the only people but in reality there are so many others.

How did you get involved in the club?

It goes back to high school. I was part of MECHA, and a little bit of an activist. Coming from an undocumented family, that’s where my support comes from. I had mentioned to a couple of friends that we should start a club that supports AB 540. Unfortunately, I was too busy to do it myself but my high school friend came to El Camino to start the group and I quickly hopped on board.

What is the club’s goal this semester?

One of our main goals is to actually reach out to high school students. There is still a majority of them that feel alone and there are some that don’t find out that they’re undocumented until they’re applying for college or financial aid.

What do you hope to see from this club?

Hopefully they are more knowledgeable and take that information and help others as well. We already got the Dream Act passed in California but now we need that at the federal level.

How can students join?

Just come and show up. They can also like our page on Facebook, which is El Camino Dreamers.