Alejandra Campoverdi's 'First Gen' tells a story at once unique and familiar — that of a first-generation American becoming first in the family to attend college.
at USC, which I also attended as an undergrad. “Getting here was completely disorienting,” she recalled. We walked past the iconic Tommy Trojan statue, where she fainted during freshman orientation while having a panic attack. “I literally passed out right there,” she said.
Alejandra Campoverdi, right, with President Barack Obama. One of her roles in the White House was serving as its first Deputy Director of Hispanic Media.The most powerful moments of your book were the darker ones, involving mental health struggles and powerful men who sought to humiliate you. Some may argue that it’s deflating to focus on the worst aspects of the first-gen experience.
All of our lives are complicated. All of our lives are twisty. We all make mistakes. None of us have it figured out. That’s beautiful. I don’t want credit for having it all figured out. I’d rather have a real conversation about how we can make it better for the next generation.April 25, 2019 I personally have long questioned how impostor syndrome is put as a center stage. On top of everything first-gen young people are doing, the onus kinda goes back on them to be more confident. Part of what I wanted to do was normalize the experience as comprehensive and layered and nuanced and long. How we interact with it, intentionally or not, is a big part of the journey. A big part for me was validating my own experience. You can’t heal from that which you can’t name.
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