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Study Hard, Play Hard: Have Fun in College Without Your Grades Suffering

By Amy DiLuna — 2015

First-year students struggle to find time to enjoy all college has to offer while also keeping their studies in check. Here’s how to make it work.

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7 Thoughts on Being First-Gen, Low-Income at Harvard

SUBTITULOS EN ESPAÑOL DISPONIBLES Quarantine has given me the energy and time to produce this personal video diary about the experiences I've had at Harvard as a first-gen, low-income college student.

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2020
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From Migrant Farmer to Future Teacher

If you go by statistics, Raquel Pérez wasn’t supposed to be a success story. She wasn’t supposed to be an educational inspiration. Raquel is a migrant farmworker from one of the poorest regions in the country. She never experienced a complete school year in one state.

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2018
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First-Generation Graduates Read Letters from Their Parents

UC Riverside has a long history of supporting first-generation students. At 58%, first-generation students make up more than half the student population at UCR. We connected with 11 of our first-generation graduates to see what being the first in their family to graduate meant to them.

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2019
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For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color

For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has created a community to help women fight together.

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Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez
2021
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