For The Generation

This podcast is bridging a connection of first-gen students to the world! In this episode, we introduce ourselves, Natalia Velasco and Alexa Gomez, as the new hosts of season 4! After our brief introduction, we interview the co-founder of this podcast, Guillermo Gonzalez, also known as Memo! Memo is currently a senior at Loyola Marymount University majoring in recording arts and minoring in film,...

In this episode, we had the amazing opportunity to have a panel with Lizbeth Ramales, a fellow FTG student and Sociology and Chicanx/Latinx double major, and Marissa Montes, Director, and Founder of Loyola Law School’s Immigrant Justice Clinic. She built the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic in response to an unmet need for free immigration legal services on the Eastside of Los Angeles. She also tea...

In this episode, we had the amazing opportunity to have a panel with Leonardo Dominguez-Ortega, a First To Go Psychology major, and Dr. Claudia Sandoval, a professor in the Political Science department that does research in Race, Immigration, and Black/Latinx relations. We'll discuss immigration policies such as the DACA and Dreamers program and how it affects college students. We hope this episod...

In this episode, we discuss MEChA and the MEChA High School Conference with the amazing Barbara Velasco, the external chair for MEChA. Barbara shares the history of MEChA, the advocacy that they promote, and details about the MEChA High Scool Conference. We hope you enjoy this episode and are inspired to attend the MEChA High School Conference on March 13, 2021. Stay tuned for our next episode! He...

In this episode, we had the amazing opportunity to have a panel with two first-generation alumni discussing the challenges and learning curves of post-undergraduate life during a pandemic. We will be joined by Jordan Pace, the Graduate Assistant at the First To Go Program, and Housing Service Coordinator, Daquan Bass. We'll discuss their experience of joining the work-field during a pandemic and t...

In this episode, we begin to celebrate First To Go's 10th year anniversary with the founder of the program, Dr. La'Tonya Rease Miles, also known as LT by the higher education and first-gen community. Dr. La'Tonya Rease Miles is currently the Director of UCLA's First Year Experience (FYE) Office and oversees many additional initiatives including UCLA's First To Go Program.  LT shares the origi...

In this episode, we discuss the importance of peer mentorship with the extraordinary Emil Sol, Memo's co-coordinator for First To Go's Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Program. Emil shares a few of his involvements that inspire him to create peer mentorship opportunities, his experience being a mentor and a mentee, and how peer mentorship perfectly aligns with his career trajectory. We hope this episode in...

Welcome to the 2nd episode of the 3rd season of For the Generation Podcast! In this episode, we go over financial literacy topics with the wonderful Patricia "Patty" Guttierez, an emerging finance professional, an LMU alum, and a dear friend of the First To Go community. Patty shares with us a little about herself, how her family and her first-gen identity played a role in her career trajectory, a...

Welcome to the 1st episode of the 3rd season of For the Generation! In this episode, we had the amazing opportunity to interview the great Raven Yamamoto, a first-gen OG and dedicated activist. We'll be going through their leadership journey, the importance of campus organizing, and how being a first-gen student empowers their activism. Memo will be joined by a temporary co-host, Alexia Fernanda P...

Welcome to the spring semester of season 2 of For The Generation!! This episode unpacks the psychological and emotional impact of being a student AND first-gen student. In a generation where depression and anxiety are extremely prevalent. We had the pleasure of speaking to Gabriela Pineda, a registered associate marriage and family therapist, whose holistic approach is guided by an integrative fra...

We hope you are all hanging in there, we will all prevail. With Finals coming up, JC wanted to share some self-care tips to make sure that you are all prepared as much as possible to tackle your finals. This is also the last episode of this semester. We hope you have an amazing holiday season and stay tuned for new content next semester. With much love, JC & Memo. We are, For the Generation.

Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break! We hope that you are ready to tackle these next few weeks. In this episode, JC, Memo, and Megan uncover the struggles and strengths of being a first-gen student. They talk about the issues of imposter syndrome and survivors' guilt and how to overcome them as they are common attributes of being a first-gen. They also discuss the cultural capital that first-gen...

Whew! This is the first episode of the fall y’all! We are so excited to be Back! In a long-overdue episode, JC, Memo, and Ms. Love uncover the intersections of the first-gen and transfer identity. They tackle the stigmas of agism found in higher education and break down the constraint that we are all on a societal clock. Although being a transfer student can be difficult when adjusting to academic...

 In this episode, JC and Memo, pay tribute to Black History Month by  discussing the intersections of the first-generation identity and being an African-American student. This episode also includes two exclusive interviews, one with Kandyce Mitchell, a freshman at Loyola Marymount University  and  LMU's  Director of Black Student Services , Dr. Nathan Sessoms . Kandyce sha...

Tune in to "The First", the very first episode of "For the Generation". In this episode, JC and Memo, the hosts of this podcast, introduce themselves and the podcast. This episode also includes an exclusive interview with Daquan Bass, a senior at Loyola Marymount University. Daquan talks about his experience being a first-generation college student and what it means to be a first-generation colleg...