Learn about how you can build a network starting in high school and even beyond college and how to turn these connections to meaningful relationships that will be there throughout your life.

To celebrate Pride Month, Cody sits down with two first generation students and discusses their experiences on college campuses as members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Our guests share their experiences with living on and off campus and how that shaped part of their college journey.

Our guests share their immigration story and bicultural identity, experience with diversity in school and popular media, and the impact of the monolithic stereotype of the model minority myth

Learn about what internships are and how they can help you gain new skills and figure out what it’s like to work in different work settings

Listen to the experiences of first gen students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), including Maan’s introduction to engineering, Ray’s passion for Environmental Science and career exploration, and Cristian’s journey from Cognitive Science to coding.

To celebrate Mother’s Day, Norma chats with two first gen moms to discuss the complexities associated with being first generation college students while being phenomenal mothers.

To celebrate Educator Appreciation Week, Cody sits down with three first generation students and discusses both their interest and experience in the world of education.

“Saving is a privilege.” "You can start small as you save for your future." Listen in to fellow first-gens’ experiences with financial wellness and their personal finance journeys.

First-Generation college students participating in ROTC or attending Westpoint face unique opportunities and challenges as they navigate a journey to become Officers in the Armed Forces

“Careers are kind of like food, you don’t know you don’t like it until you try it“

Learn about what a graduate degree and specifically a PhD/Doctorate degree is and what our guests’ experiences have been like with deciding to pursue, applying, and getting through it. Also check out the undocumented experience with pursuing graduate school.

Learn about what a graduate degree and specifically a masters is and what our guests’ experiences have been like with deciding to pursue, applying, and getting through it

“Towards the end of high school, I learned more and broke that stigma in my mind of community college and learned that it was kind of the smartest choice for me at the time. “

In this episode, Dan interviews three first gens about their experiences attending college far from home.

This episode is a conversation with Rebecca Acuña, a first generation college student who became President Biden’s Texas State Director

This episode is a conversation with first generation college students that were involved in political campaigns.

This episode is a conversation with international first generation college students and their journeys through COVID-19

Our 3 board of directors share their first gen experiences, life lessons, and offer wisdom to the next generation through their amazing stories.

Learn more about the experiences of current fellows and alumni for the US Latino Leadership Fellowship and the Fellowship for Serving African American Communities in Harvard’s Kennedy School.