Lizbeth Mateo wants young undocumented people to know they can achieve their dreams.
Mateo, 36, is an undocumented immigrant and an attorney in California who is featured in The Undocumented Lawyer, an 18-minute documentary released last week on HBO. It details her life and her work with Edith Espinal, an undocumented immigrant who was in sanctuary in a Columbus church for more than three years.
Documentary filmmakers Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci followed Mateo for about two years as she worked with Espinal who is featured heavily in the film traveling frequently from Mateo s home in Los Angeles to Columbus to see her client.
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