This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. With finals, papers and a litany of other assignments due just around the corner, it’s almost unreal just how fast this first semester of college has flown by. And, at...
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Considering what it means to be a first-generation college student transports me instantly to my childhood home in the South Side of Chicago, to the moment when my father...
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I remember it like it was yesterday: my father had an open-heart surgery when I was just 12 years young. Right then and there, I knew my life had changed and there was no...
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Study abroad is on the rise in the U.S. and around the world. Yet, studying abroad is not one of the first opportunities that most first-generation students think about when...
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. I am first-generation college graduate whose family immigrated to this country with hopes of a better future. I was born in the Dominican Republic to a working-class family...
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. After being on campus for a little while—in fact, almost three months now—one of the biggest differences I’ve experienced has been the great contrast...
