We start our new podcast series discussing the term "First-Gen." We use this term often to identify ourselves as being the first generation in our family to attend post-secondary education. This episode explores when the term "First- Gen" started as well as why and who it includes. Click here to listen.

Last year the senior Mason Undergraduate Peer Research Coaches completed a research project on first-gen students. They share key takeaways from their research, including how the deficit mindset can impact the way college campuses and libraries think about and treat first-gen students. Click here to listen.

"First-Gen" students have unique lived experiences and strengths that they bring with them to college. In this episode Vinicius and Evelyn share how these experiences are actually superpowers through their own personal stories and examples. Click here to listen.