Hi everybody I'm Peter Martinez, I'm the director of admissions at Humboldt State.
And I'm a first gen.
I had a journey
I went through a lot of things and
the biggest advice I can have for
you
is never be afraid to ask a question.
Get out there. Dive in.
Once you get past that you get
beyond everything else you need to get to
And if you just stop just to think
"I'm afraid, I can't get out there"
Then you'll never get ahead
and the one thing I discovered being a first gen
being on the campus is someone was there
Just to allow me to ask that question. Once you ask that
first question then
the next question come, and then the next
and the next
and then after all that comes through
You end up feeling that relief and
your not afraid to ask questions
but then when your not afraid to ask questions
your not afraid to adventure.
and when your able to adventure
you just dive into everything
that you have in front of you.
It's been the best four years
of my life being able
to be at the college that I was at
and then being able to go get my masters
every experience was great
and so diving into that
experience, I want you to
think about that
it all started with asking just one question
and that one question
allowed us to just move forward
and to be able to be not afraid
and to be adventurous
and I now get to be a director of admissions
Never thought I would be that considering I
came from a small town
with a graduating class of less than 100
and everyone told me that
the fields were going to be
where you picked your fruit
when you did stuff
and at the end of it
I'm here. I'm a
director of admissions
being able to make
everyone's dreams come true
when it comes down to an offer
and that's amazing
So I really want you all to just again
dive in and ask questions
and let the snow ball go
and have fun
so be proud of being first gen
because at the end of it
you'll be the next generation that leads so many others
to go forward so
Have a great day.
