#FirstGenVoicesSXSW

Student Voices: First, but Not Alone

An estimated 50% of undergrads in the U.S. are first in their families to attend college, but only 11% of those who identify as both low-income and first-gen earn degrees within six years. In this session, you’ll hear from four first-gen college grads on persistence through community building, critical supports along their academic journey, and established best practices in use by a national nonprofit to increase graduation rates for first-gen students to more than double those of their peers.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Devin Jones

Roland Martin Unfiltered

Marshall Lott

College Track

Chelsea Stewart

University of California at Santa Cruz

Michael Wong

Instahub