Announcing 2015 I'm First! Scholarship Winners

We’ve selected 9 awesome first-year college students who beat the odds to become the first in their family to attend college as winners of the 2014 I’m First Scholarship. Scholarship winners receive a $1,000 four-year, renewable award and blog here to chronicle their...

Checking in from San Francisco

Hi I’m First! Family! After graduating from Harvard University in 2014 and completing a Fulbright Fellowship in Mexico this past year, I’ve landed in San Francisco to become a Dream Director with The Future Project, where I’ll be helping young people...

Miss New York USA Aims to Empower First-Generation College Students

When twenty-two year-old Thatiana Diaz was named Miss New York USA 2015 in January, it wasn’t her first crowning moment. A child of Dominican immigrants raised in Queens, N.Y., Diaz graduated Magna Cum Laude from Pace University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts...

I'm First! Partnership with Wow Writing Workshop

Writing essays for college application and scholarships is a big part of the process. And let’s admit it; It can be a bit stressful, too. As a student user on I’m First!, you’re in luck! I’m First! has partnered with Wow Writing Workshop, a leading authority on...