Announcing 2015 I'm First! Scholarship Winners

by I'm First Administrator | September 10, 2015

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

by Jesse Sanchez, Harvard University , '14 | July 22, 2015

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

by Matt Rubinoff | April 16, 2015

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

by I'm First Administrator | April 9, 2015

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...

First-Generation Student Groups Are Paving the Way At Prestigious Institutions

by I'm First Administrator | April 8, 2015

In an article published in the  New York Times, first-generation students attending Ivy League and other prestigious institutions across the country come together and unite behind the identity of being the first in there family to attend college. The article, which...