Born in Gainesville, Texas, Jocelynn Rojo Carranza was a regular 11-year-old kid by all accounts. According to her online obituary, she loved to dance and sing, and she played the French horn. She enjoyed swimming, doing cartwheels, having movie nights, and getting her nails done with her grandmother. There were virtually no differences between Jocelynn and her peers, except that her family was originally from another country. For months, Jocelynn was bullied for her parents’ migration status, with her classmates threatening to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on her so that her relatives would be deported. After months of torment, Jocelynn attempted to take her life on February 3. She died five days later at a Dallas hospital.
