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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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E9 - The Rollercoaster of Our Entrepreneurship Journeys
Dear First Gens,
Welcome to Season 3 of the Diary of the First Gen Journey! We decided to make this season a little more interesting by speaking with 2 guests at a time AND focusing on first-gen entrepreneurs!
In this...
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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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E10 - From Hustle & Grind to an Award-Winning Photography Business
Dear First Gens,
You see the 10K+ Instagram account, filled with beautiful, award-winning photography and think - wow this a successful business! And then you see their personal accounts filled with heart-warming...
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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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E8: Opera Singer's POV - The Power of Persevering
Dear First-Gens, When you come from a marginalized community, you don't realize that many of the challenges we face as first-gens come from the lack of resources, access & opportunity. Charles Williamson, a...
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E7: The Unmeasurable Impact of Mentorship
Dear First-Gens, When you're the first in your family in this country to go to college, you recognize the challenges that come along with being first, and then realize being first-gen means a lifetime of FIRSTS. In...
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E6: How to Fearlessly Live & Build a Future On Your Own Terms
Dear First-Gens, You are in for a fabulous treat with this conversation about intersectional identities with Eduardo Placer, the Story Doula who empowers women to share their stories & amplify their voice with...
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E5: Shifting from Scarcity to Growth Mindset in Your Career
Dear First Gens, Welcome to Season 2, where we talk about how first-gens experience scarcity mindset & imposter syndrome in different ways, and more importantly how shift to growth mindset and courageously...
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E4 - Maia Esteves & Navigating with Courage to Preserve Your Wellness
Dear First Gens,
There are aspects of the journey, especially the pressure of succeeding and making those who sacrificed so much for us proud, that can trigger anxiety under normal circumstances. Imagine being the...
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E2 - Our First Gen Journeys
Dear First Gens,
We get a little deeper into our respective experiences of being First-Gen! Anyelis shares how going to college was the first time she became hyper aware of privilege, while Sara talks about the...
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