If you’re anything like me, you started paying bills when you were freshly 18 — arguably younger. When I was 18, I was working at McDonalds, earning a whopping...
I know that oftentimes, for many young immigrant kids, we weren't raised being able to recognize or even affirm our mental health issues. So we carry these habits and...
Perhaps it should not have been a last-minute decision to apply for a scholarship on my part. When I was invited to do an interview for it, I should...
Dear Ma and Pa, I’m proud to call myself your daughter. I am proud to wear the name given to me, running on our strong blood like gas in...
Being in an environment where nobody around you has any similarities when it comes to your background can be a major cultural shock.
On Monday, November 8, of this year, Augustana College celebrated National First-Generation College Student Day. First-generation students signed a banner that was hung along 5th Avenue that day. There...
Have you heard about those immigrant kids who do what they want because they’re passionate about it? Yeah, me neither.
As a first-generation college & premed student myself, it is easy to feel lost and overwhelmed on this long path to becoming a doctor...
Being a first generation student means that you are part of the first generation in your family to go to college. For many students this is...
This pandemic is not going away anytime soon and its effects are still wreaking havoc for some college seniors who were hoping to graduate...