Growing up in an immigrant community inspired Marc to connect with his roots in the Philippines. After graduating from UC Berkeley with his Bachelor’s in Legal Studies, Marc studied at the University of the Philippines, Diliman and wrote a published article on Filipino immigrants to the U.S. While writing this article, he interviewed a U.S. embassy official. On the way to the interview he saw long lines of people waiting to talk with immigration officials. Some came from the south and had to take boat and plane rides to talk with the immigration officials—and stay there overnight. It was not fair for him to easily get into the embassy and interview an embassy official, while others had to wait overnight. At that point he knew the U.S. immigration system had to be fixed.