Project NextGen

Project NextGen

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Project NextGen episodes

  • Redefining the Business Mindframe feat. Laura Blanco

    Laura Blanco is a freshman Business Management student at the University of Georgia, and also minors in Spanish. Laura wants to work for a major company in the future and today's episode will look at the ways in which she will use her management degree to get involved and help the Hispanic Community.

    37 min
  • It Takes a Village feat. Luz Maria Arroyave

    Luz Maria Arroyave is a first-generation student attending Georgia State University who will be graduating early, this fall, from their Accelerated Nursing Program. She is a proud daughter of Colombian immigrants and also works at Georgia First as our Programs Director. This episode looks into her journey of applying to Nursing School, competing with non-first gen students, her passion for helping the Latinx community, and how she went from a 2.6 GPA in high school to a 4.18 GPA her freshman year of college.

    32 min
  • The Path of an Engineer feat. Chris Parra

    Chris Parra is a first-generation sophomore studying Civil Engineering with a Construction Management minor at Kennesaw State University. Along with his studies, he interns at Tensar International Corporation, a civil engineering construction material manufacturer. In this episode, we talk about how he manages to overcome obstacles that come with being a first-generation student, the work he does, and what his plans are for becoming a professional engineer. 

    46 min
  • The Future of Education feat. Manuel Reyes
    Manuel Reyes is the STEM Robotics Club Facilitator for Edu-Futuro since September 2019 as a member of the Moving Forward! AmeriCorps program. He graduated with a B.S. in Molecular Biology from Stetson University in 2018, after which he served as an urban educator through AmeriCorps in Newark, New Jersey. As a first-generation student in the Northern Virginia area, and as a son of Salvadoran immigrants, the opportunity to be actively involved with Edu-Futuro’s mission and its beneficiaries resonated highly with his background. We will be talking about how he is inspiring, educating, and motivating the next generation of Latino and immigrant youth to pursue their interests in STEM in his current role. 
    For more information about Edu-Futuro, visit http://edu-futuro.org/.
    53 min
  • A Community Advocate in a Community College feat. Justin Acosta
    Justin Acosta, a second-year Computer Science student at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, talks about how he came to Georgia State and about his passion in identifying ways in which computer science and technology intersect with community advocacy that serves underrepresented and marginalized communities, like the Hispanic and Latino community in the state of Georgia.
    42 min
  • Home Grown feat. Allison Smith

    Allison Smith is a first-generation student from Southeast Georgia and our current Chief Marketing Officer at Georgia First. This episode looks at her journey to medical school and how her experiences from a small town to a large SEC university and her volunteer work, including her work with Georgia First, have shaped her to the advocate she is today. 

    50 min

About Project NextGen

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From the Georgia First Generation Foundation, Project NextGen is a series that dives into what makes first-generation students the next generation of global leaders and forward thinkers. Georgia First…