Category: First Generation Student Experience

Gabriela Miramontes Oral History

This oral history focuses on the experiences of Gabriela Miramontes, who is originally from Long Beach, California and is the Assistant…

Going into the oral history project, I knew I would gain valuable insights and would be contributing to the collection…

Eduardo Aguilar is a Mexican-American professor at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California. He was born and raised in Mexico, and…

*Oral history was conducted by Mingye Nie on May 18th, 2022

Author Note: This oral history was conducted and recorded by Chester Rich Oleas on May 17, 2022.

Darwin Yu [He/Him] is a first-generation student and a first-year at UC San Diego who came from Sacramento. In our…

I had the pleasure of interviewing Ms. Daniela Sodre. She is a fourth-year transfer student at UCSD, majoring in Developmental…

Angela Edith Tohalino Paredes was born in Arequipa, Peru in 1985 and identifies as an International student at UCSD. Angela…

Joshua Chiu, a student at UC San Diego, California. Joshua during his interview shared with me different personal issues such…

Bryan Najarila is a first-generation Filipino-American man, who currently lives in Chula Vista in San Diego, California. He is a…