Empowering First Voices

S4E1: In this episode we are joined by Marisol García (27N), Bad Said (25C), Emilie García (24C), and Arturo Contreras (24C) who all share the experiences of being a First-Gen student. Their conversation is a just a small preview of what is to come in future episodes. Stay tuned, like, and subscribe. Happy First-Gen Week!. Music copyrights are owned by: Bob Marley & The Wailers "Could You Be L...

Welcome! Empowering First Voices is back for Season 4! This academic year we will be engaging with our audiences by sharing our experiences through episodes that cover various aspects of the Emory First-Gen experience. We are happy to announce that we have a number co-hosts (the members of Empowering First) who will facilitate the discourses.

Hey y'all! Empowering First is back for season 3, and this episode we're discussing studying abroad as a first-gen students. Have you ever wanted to study abroad but didn't know how? This episode is for you! Listen to host Thien discussing with Julianna and Regina about their time studying abroad in Lisbon, Portugal.

This year, the 3rd and 4th years of our cohort read Dr. Anthony Jack’s “The Privileged Poor,” published in 2019 alongside other texts and studies relating to the First-Gen experience. In this episode, Regina, Arturo, Yessica, and Jose discuss their thoughts about the book and share how its contents relate to their own experiences with the help from questions formulated by Yokie. Please join us in...

In honor of LatinX/Hispanic Hertiage Month (September 15th to October 15th) four of our First-Gen LatinX students in our cohort share thier experiences.

We're back with Season of Empowering First Voices!!

Listen to Suad Mumin (Mentor of EFG), Joy Knowles (3rd-Year Student at Emory), and Dr. Janeria Easley (Professor at Emory, Department of African American Studies and Department of Sociology) as they share their experiences of being First-Gen Black Women in higher education.

Listen to Tenzin (1st-year/mentee), Jissela (2nd-yr/mentor), and Martin (1st-year/mentee) talk about their experience as first-gen students before coming to college. From their language barrier experiences to the resources offered in high school, and how Emory has been treating them.

Listen to Tenzin and Selma (both first-years and mentees), along with Regina and Arturo, talk about how "midterm season's" treating them, and their thoughts on the "Rest Days" and the "No Assignment Week."

OUR FIRST PODCAST! Join Arturo, Suad, and Regina as they talk about what it means to be first-gen and share their experience as first-gen students at Emory.

Welcome to Empowering First Voices we hope to use our voices as first-gen students to share our experiences and empower others.