Realizing I Was a First-Generation Student Changed Everything.

I didn’t even know the term "first-generation student" until a few years ago, but understanding it made me see how different my life experience has been from others.

Your life will likely be different too.

There will be moments where you think you have the world figured out, but in reality, it’s always shifting.

As we learn, we see the world differently.

The way you see things today will evolve, and in a few years, your perspective will be completely different.

Embrace the change—it’s part of our life histories.

When you are 80, people will say “wow! You life was so strange to mine.”

Yup. It was.