Marisol, First-Generation College Student, HWA Alum

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Marisol – HWA Marin, Sonoma State University Marisol joined HWA while she was in 8th grade at San Rafael High School and says, “It was the best thing that ever happened to me. Honestly, it was my second home.” HWA became a family affair for Marisol, as it does for a majority of HWA students. […]

Martin, First-Generation College Student, HWA Alum

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Martin, HWA-SF, Pursuing a PhD in Biology at MIT A graduate of Lincoln High School, Martin found the college application process, “disheartening.” He applied to 20 colleges his senior year, hoping to be accepted into a 4-year university. “Nothing worked,” he says, and he spent his first two years at City College of San Francisco, […]

Sandy, First-Generation College Student, HWA Alum

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Sandy, HWA-SF, Pursuing a Master’s in Public Health, USF Sacramento Twenty-five years ago, Sandy’s parents moved to the U.S. from China. Because her parents didn’t attend college and aren’t native English speakers, they couldn’t provide much support when it came time for Sandy, a graduate of Lowell High School, to apply to colleges. The Huckleberry […]

Jessica, First-Generation College Student, HWA Alum

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Jessica, HWA Marin, Pursuing a Master’s in Higher Education, Student Affairs, Iowa State University “HWA made me feel like I could go to college,” says Jessica, an undocumented student working to pay her way through a Master’s program at Iowa State University. “Huckleberry was very intentional about working with the undocumented community,” she says. “HWA […]

Huzaifa, First-Generation College Student, HWA Alum

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Huzaifa HWA-SF:, Research Assistant at the Center for Labor Studies & Sociology Peer Advisor at UC Santa Cruz Although Huzaifa was accepted to a four-year university, he made the decision to start at a community college after high school and aim higher for a school in the UC system. He attended City College of San […]