Hi I'm Dan Saveliff and I'm
the executive director of EOP and TRiO programs
And  I want to share a story
that a colleague shared with me
she was a graduated first generation
already had a masters degree and she thought I want to do something more
then what this masters offers. She got a second masters degree and she entered
the PhD program and what she shared
took me back. She said,
"you know sometimes I feel out of place and look around at the people who are in this class with me..."
and they're like professionals.
and they're administrators and they're
at the top of their game and I'm
just, just starting out. I don't feel like I belong.
and she said, "I think it's that first gen thing"
just never goes away.
and
I thought to myself,
It's easy to recognize in others
that, What was she worried about?!
She'd already been successful.
she was gonna be successful again.
her story I knew
I felt I knew the end of it.
but what it triggered in me was the doubts in myself.
and that recognizing that first generation never really goes away.
but
What I offer as a tip
is that you recognize
I recognize
and have to remind myself
that my prior success are evidence that I will be successful again.
so my third tip is
trust in your success
as evidence that you will continue to be successful.
