Mahogany Hodge is a mother, an entrepreneur, a teacher, a musician and so much more. This year, she also became a first-generation college graduate, fulfilling a dream of breaking generational curses ...

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and raised in inner-city Boston, Alexandra Bernadotte was the first person in her family to go to college. “When the letter from Dartmouth came, we treated the moment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eryn Bostwick, 37, is postponing having kids due to her student-loan debt. As a first-generation college student, she believed ...

Susan Valverde is the brand president of Sylvan Learning, a tutoring and test prep center franchise. She describes her career as "a series of fortunate but very unexpected turns." Valverde was born in ...

First-generation students make up about one-third of college applicants, according to 2024 data from the Common App, but only 24 percent of first-generation college students graduate with a bachelor’s ...

PORTAGE, MI -- In his first speech to the Portage Public Schools staff as their new superintendent, Johnny Edwards had his father nearby. Edwards used the opportunity to tell his family story and his ...

First-generation students face a host of barriers when they go to college. Terms commonly used in higher ed, like “registrar,” “provost” or “credit hours,” can be mystifying. They’re confronted with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Left to right: Stephanie Lopez, Angelica Garcia, Samatha Leos, Christopher Montano, Zerahann Ondieki, Caleb Dixon, and Luis ...

Eryn Bostwick, 37, is delaying having kids because of her student loan debt.Courtesy of Eryn Bostwick College was always the goal for Eryn Bostwick. As a first-generation college student, Bostwick, 37 ...