Reyna Gomez, who is originally from Guatemala but became a United States citizen six years ago, worries for the safety of undocumented immigrants and fears for America’s future once President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.

“I wish I could help somebody and tell them, don’t worry, but we have to worry about [Donald Trump],” she said.

Reyna is the third member of her family to immigrate to the United States. She said that she and her family have always worked hard to support each other. Each member of the Gomez family traveled to the United States separately so that they could each earn money for the next.

Leaving Guatemala was necessary, Gomez said, in order for her family to survive and lead a successful life. Her village had “nothing.”

Connie Gomez, Reyna’s sister, paved the way. Once she earned enough money, she sent it to her sister Maria Gomez, who was the second to immigrate. Reyna Gomez then left Guatemala when she was 21.

“I have cousins and uncles who don’t have papers. And friends, good friends. I wish they had papers because they work, they want to work [because] they have family to support,” she said.

Gomez spent over a month trekking on foot from Guatemala to the Mexican border and began her travels with roughly 50 other Guatemalans. However, only about ten made it to the border due to the harsh conditions of the journey.

“On the way you’re hungry, you don’t sleep. I have no words to explain how hard it was,” she said. “For a month you don’t eat, you have no water, you cross all of the desert. It’s not easy.”

In addition to the challenges she faced while traveling from Guatemala to Mexico, one of the more difficult parts of the experience was encountering the Mexican border itself.

Initially, Gomez did not have legal papers when she arrived to the United States, so not only did she fear the Border Patrol, but she also recalls her trepidation upon encountering the tall and daunting fence.

“The fence was so high I couldn’t climb it,” Gomez said. “But I saw a big hole [in the fence] and we jumped through.”

After passing through the fence, she and the remaining Guatemalans packed into a van and drove toward the United States as quickly as they could.

Although she encountered many obstacles while coming to the U.S., Gomez acknowledges that it is going to be much more difficult for future immigrants to come to America than it was for her, especially due to Donald Trump’s propositions to build a wall along the Mexican border.

“When I came to this country it was easier,” Reyna said, “With the wall, nobody will be able to pass.”

Despite the many challenges that came with her immigration, Gomez loves her current country.

“There are many people who need to work, they need to live in this country,” she said. “Like me, I need to. I like this country. I love, I like, I respect it and all of the laws. I want to live here, I don’t want to live in my other country.”

Gomez hopes that Donald Trump will come to understand the needs of immigrants and allow them to have access to the same economic opportunities that Americans currently have.

Gomez has a message for Donald Trump: “We want to work, but we can’t work if you don’t give us the opportunity to,” she said. “I hope he can change his mind.”