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7 Essential Tips for First-Generation Job Seekers

Challenges abound for first-generation Americans – those whose parents came to the U.S. from another country or came themselves and became citizens. From learning the language and adapting to the American culture to facing discrimination and having to forge a path …

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Navigating Academia As A First-Gen Latinx Student: From A Latinx University Professor

As a Mexican-born, first-generation college student raised in Arizona, my ultimate goal was to graduate college. My parents had less than a sixth-grade education, so I never thought I would become a university professor teaching in spaces my family hadn’t …

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  • New York, NY
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  • New York, NY
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  • Philadelphia, PA
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  • New York, NY
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