How to College: First Gen

From consulting to entrepreneur, our guest Angela shares her journey finding her purpose, learning about living an authentic life, and how she now helps others realign with their own purpose.

In this episode, Shiv chats with Urvi (Binita) Patel about whether she believes her  journey through law school has been worth it; especially given the significant investment and sacrifice her family took to make this goal possible. Bini has an honest conversation about how she is maximizing her opportunity at law school and her future career aspirations.

In this episode, Norma chats with Alejandro about his journey to, through, and post business school; Alejandro tells an honest narrative about being a first generation college student and his rationale for taking debt for business school.

In this episode, Alejandro chats with Francisco about how he leveraged his skills and experiences as a high school Spanish teacher to break into the tech industry.

In this episode Luz chats with Daniel about what his journey has been like to become a physical therapist, what his job entails, and what his experience was like paying for it.

In this episode, Shiv invites Shukan to share his experiences pursuing undergraduate internships and navigating the full-time job market as he graduated mid-pandemic.

In this episode, Ginny chats with author and financial aid counselor Trae about the financial aid process and FAFSA, including questions like what happens if my financial aid gets denied or can I appeal my financial aid?

In this episode, Alejandro chats with Antoinette about how she drew from her strengths in financial literacy, academia, and career preparation to build her side hustle in college.

In this episode we hear from Angel who reflects on what it meant for him and his family to take on approximately $80,000 of parent plus loans. Angel very thoughtfully discusses how and why he made the decision to transfer out of art school before incurring any more debt. He ultimately answers if it was worth it for him and his family and if he would do it all over again.

In this episode Luz chats with our very own intern Destiny who transferred schools after her first year in college into a Historically Black College/University (HBCU). She tells us about why she made the decision and how the experience at a HBCU compares.