by Josephine Cortez Ayala | July 31, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I’ve always known I would go to college; I’ve never doubted it for one second. Some of my earliest memories from elementary school are of my mother telling me...
by John Bravman | July 29, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. As a first-generation college student, and a second-generation American, I really had no idea what I was getting into when I went to school. Where I grew up and when I grew...
by Nicole Ellison and Yvette Wohn | July 26, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Being the first in your family to go to college can be very daunting. You might have questions such as “Who do I go to for advice?” “Will my parents be...
by Karen Stout | July 24, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I watched my father graduate with his bachelor’s degree, the first in his family or my mother’s family to do so, when I was in fourth grade. The ceremony and the...
by Maggie Acosta, Bowdoin College, '15 | July 23, 2013
Hello friends! Sorry it’s been such a long time since I’ve blogged… I’ve had so much going on and I’m not entirely sure where to start… So, in early March, I got a concussion from rugby and have had such a hard time getting back to my normal self. I had to go on...
