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E22 - From Not Considering College to PhD, Nicole Shares Her Journey to Feeling "Real and Worthy"
Dear First Gens,
If you've ever experienced "Imposter Syndrome" you DO NOT want to miss this episode! Dr. Nicole Pulliam offers a mind blowing reframe that will change how you experience that feeling of "not enough"...
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E21 - Michelle Shares How She Transitioned From Social Worker to Organizer Extraordinaire!
Dear First Gens, We are so excited to share with you all the story of Sara's first supervisor in Social Work and now dear friend. Michelle shares with us how after almost 20 years in Social Work, she decided to pursue...
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E20 - Andy's Path to Presidency of NJCU
Dear First Gens, What do you do when you've checked all the boxes to make your parents proud, reached high levels of achievement early into your dream career, and yet find yourself wanting something different? Our...
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E19 - Sara Chooses to Take a Leap for Herself and Shares how She's Navigating her Family's Reactions
Dear First Gens, For most of our lives, we make life choices with direction, guidance and approval of our family. So what happens when you decide to start living for YOU? Find out what led Sara to take a leap and how...
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E18 - Anyelis Shares from the 2022 Scars - How She Rose from the Low Lows & Many Transitions
Dear First Gens, Welcome to Season 5! In the spirit of vulnerability and sharing from a place of healing, this season we're bringing you reflections of a point in time. Think of it as opening up a diary to a previous...
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E17 - Juliana's Many Firsts - Bachelor's, Master's, Licensed Therapists & More
Dear First Gens,
All season we've talked to current college students about their experience and in this final episode of the season, we bring you Juliana, who graduated this year with her Masters in Clinical Mental...
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E16 - Ralph's Journey from Haiti to SPU, from Gap Year to Social Work Path
Dear First Gens, This episode with Ralph, a first gen college student in his junior year at Saint Peter's University will pull at your heartstrings. Ralph shares his journey of being born in Haiti, migrating to the...
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E15 - Nick Starts His First Gen College Journey
Dear First Gens, Most of our episodes are from first gens who share their college experience in retrospect. In this special episode, we hear from Nicholas Marshalls who started his first year at NJIT this Fall 2022!...
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E14 - Rachel Keeps It Real: The Emotional Highs & Lows of Being a First Gen College Student
Dear First Gens,
This Season we're highlighting the stories of current first generation college students. In this episode, we hear from Rachel Perez, a Cuban immigrant and the 2020 Cuban American Alliance for...
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E13 - Celebrating the First Generation College Student Journey
Dear First Gens, Welcome to Season 4 of Diary of the First Gen Journey! November 8th is National First Generation College Celebration Day, honor the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The...
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E11 - Solving the Curvy, Under 5'3 Petite Jean Problem & Much More
Dear First Gens,
If you've ever wondered how people work full-time jobs AND manage businesses & projects, you'll want to tune into this episode with Choua & Dana, two of the three co-founders of CaliNDana! ...
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E12 - Partnership & Doing the Inner Work that Manifests Pronoia
Dear First Gens,
In this final episode of Season 3, Sara interviews her co-host Anyelis & her life partner, Jose! This episode is full of wisdom, vulnerability & banter from two immigrant kids, products of...
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