Posted inHigher Education, Immigration, Map to the Middle Class, Opinion, Student Voices

STUDENT VOICE: Three lessons on beating the odds, from a first-gen college student

My eyes started to glaze over as I read the seemingly endless questions contained in the 10-page federal financial aid application. I had to complete the form so I could get the money I needed to attend college. Some of my high school classmates had parents, older siblings or friends who’d gone to college to […]