by Leobardo Espinoza | August 9, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. [iframe id=”http://www.firstgenerationstudent.com/fgs/wp-content/uploads/Leo-Espinoza-August-Video.mp4″ align=”left” mode=”lazyload”...
by Kevin Teasley | August 7, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. If you could go to college for free, would you? Believe it or not, this is an opportunity that exists today in many cities, in schools that offer “early college”...
by Sufyan Ahmad | August 5, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. There were many hurdles I had to jump in order to get to where I am today. I am only a freshman, meaning I still have many more challenges to face; but I feel very proud and...
by Teresa Heinz Housel | August 2, 2013
This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. While packing for an upcoming international move to New Zealand, I found fictional stories I had written as a child and teenager. I usually wrote one small book every year...
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...
