Generation One Trailblazers: First-Gen Voices

“It’s Easy to Feel Alone, But When You Have Community, it Makes [College] a Lot Easier”: First-generation Students’ Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment Over the First Year of College.

Azpeitia, J., Lazaro, Y. M., Ruvalcaba, S. A., & Bacio, G. A. (2025). “It’s Easy to Feel Alone, But When You Have Community, it Makes [College] a Lot Easier”: First-generation Students’ Academic and Psychosocial Adjustment Over the First Year of College. Journal of Adolescent Research, 40(3), 598–635.

Community heals: Lessons from qualitative narratives of first-generation college students.

Raghavan, S., Hu, D., Akoto, M., & Rendon, K. (2024). Community heals: Lessons from qualitative narratives of first-generation college students. Journal of American College Health, 1–10.

On Being the First: The Role of Family in the Experiences of First-Generation College Students 
Capannola, A. L., & Johnson, E. I. (2022). On being the first: The role of family in the experiences of first-generation college students. Journal of Adolescent Research, 37(1), 29-58.

Going Places: First‐Generation College Students Framing Higher Education
Laemmli, T., Grodsky, E., & Macgregor, L. C. (2022). Going Places: First‐Generation College Students Framing Higher Education. Sociological Forum, 37(4), 972–994.

Transitioning to College: Experiences of Successful First-Generation College Students 
Ricks, J. R., & Warren, J. M. (2021). Transitioning to College: Experiences of Successful First-Generation College Students. Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 11(1), 1-15.

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First Generation (YouTube)

The Education of Omarina (Frontline PBS)

First in Our Families: Digital Stories of First Generation Students