Jasmine Perez, 22, is from San Bernardino County (in the Inland Empire), California. She is a first-generation student of UCSD, class of 2022, with her parents being immigrants from Mexico. She explores her upbringing, professional pursuits, personal life, and her academic experience, and identifies the ways it is intersectional with being a first-generation college student. Advice for future first-generation students is also included in the interview. This interview and her story cover a broad range of topics including imposter syndrome, survivor’s guilt in terms of social mobility, and overcoming the adversities that come with being first-generation. The interview was conducted via Zoom in order to practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The interview was conducted by Gabrielle Miner, a second-year History major at UCSD who is interested in pursuing a career in museum curation.

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