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Why you know her: When President Donald Trump announced in September his intentions to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, Nelly Gonzalez was on the front lines of protests in Richmond.

What’s new: Gonzalez is entering her final semester at John Tyler Community College before transferring to Virginia Commonwealth University, her dream school.

“I just don’t know what they’re going to do,” she said. “I want to finish school as quickly as possible. I want to get as much education as possible.”

Her life is still filled with uncertainty. If the Trump administration’s actions end the program that provides protection to children of undocumented immigrants, she will be deported back to her native Mexico.

The administration’s plan calls for the federal government to stop considering new DACA applications but allowed DACA recipients with a permit set to expire before March 5, 2018, the chance to apply for a two-year renewal by Oct. 5, 2017.

Meanwhile, Gonzalez, 22, faces deportation to the country her parents left when she was 5.