How to College: First Gen

In this episode, Norma chats with two fellow first-gens (Nathan and Eddie) who highlight their experience being first gens in the armed forces in college and doing ROTC and Westpoint. One of our guests also provides helpful tips for first gen veterans. 

In this episode, Cody chats with 3 fellow first-gen professionals who highlight their experience in Career Decision and Preparation. They also provided insight and advice for first gens who are entering the workforce.

This episode was recorded on Thursday March 11th, when the How to College team partnered with the University of Alabama’s First Fellow’s program to offer a live podcast career panel called Career Conversations. During this event, three first generation professionals (Joe Testani, Dr. Gina De Rosier Cook, and Yessenia Mejia) share their expert advice with our first generation audience.

In episode 41, Luz chats with fellow first generation college students (Itzel, Ashley, and Dr. Norman) about what their experience was like to apply and attend graduate school for a doctorate degree program, how they decided that their particular graduate degree (PhD, PsyD, Ed.D) was right for them, and what steps they took to get there.

In episode 42, Norma chats with undocumented and first generation college graduate Carolina who shares her journey through getting a PhD with an added layer of complexity and the reasons for starting the resource website My Undocumented Life.

In this episode, Luz chats with fellow first generation college students about what their experience was like to apply and attend graduate school for a master’s program, how they decided that a graduate degree was right for them, and how it plays into their long term personal and professional goals. In this episode you will hear from college student and master's degree applicant Blanca, current master's degree student Aileen, and master's degree graduate Chris. 

In this episode, Cody chats with 3 fellow first-gens who highlight their experience in navigating and completing coursework at a Community College. In this episode you will hear from: Denise (a high school senior), Devin (a Community College graduate), and Daisy (a Community College graduate who now works in Higher Education at a Community College). 

“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 chats with three first gens (Matthew, Roxxi, and Neche) about their experiences attending college far from home.

In this episode Norma chats with Rebecca Acuña about her first generation story, her political career in communication, and how she ended up leading President Biden’s revolutionary and bold idea to turn Texas blue.

In this episode, Norma has a conversation with high school student (Khanh) and college student (Pablo) on what motivated them to volunteer/work on political campaigns and the skills they learned by helping to elect a candidate at the local level.

In this episode Mijin chats with first generation international college student, Tona and high school student applying as a first gen international student, Mario about the nuances of being a first generation international student especially during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.