Emily Raygoza grew up without a road map to college.
Neither her mother, who was raised in an unstable household, nor her father, who was deported to Mexico before he graduated from high school, had the opportunity to pursue higher education. So when Raygoza enrolled at the University of Houston–Downtown last year as a first-generation student, she wasn’t sure what to expect—or how to navigate college on her own.
“It was really hard for me to get any sort of guidance before going to the university,” Raygoza said. “Some of the expectations that I had coming into the university were very scary. I knew I was doing it alone and would have to make progress on my own.”
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