Ariadna Manzo

[Ariadna Manzo @AriadnaCmanzo]

@SerxioGonzalez @SDPInstitute @alexreyes661 ❤️

[Alex Reyes @alexreyes661]

@SDPInstitute Thank you all so much for participating and sharing about your lived experiences! I'm leaving our conversation feeling inspired, motivated, and SO proud to be #firstgen

[Ariadna Manzo @AriadnaCmanzo]

@SDPInstitute Thank you so much everyone for sharing your wisdom and strength with us and all of those reading!

[🌵 @meganfigueroa.bsky.social 🏜 @megandfigueroa]

@joshanzaldua i included this in my dissertation dedication <3<3<3

[Ariadna Manzo @AriadnaCmanzo]

@SDPInstitute A7: There is a community waiting to support you! And as you make it on your path bring someone else along!! #SDPIChat

[The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute @SDPInstitute]

Q7: What advice or resources would you offer to first-generation college students looking to continue their education and/or join the workplace? #SDPIChat

[🌵 @meganfigueroa.bsky.social 🏜 @megandfigueroa]

A7: Find other #firstgen students/graduates. We are each other's greatest resource. We can remind each other how much we have to contribute to the greater good. #SDPIChat

[Sergio A. Gonzalez, Ph.D. @SerxioGonzalez]

A7: You’re not alone on the struggle bus as I call it lol, Please reach out to folx for help. Aqui estamos & we will rise en comunidad! The goal should always be to build a bigger table not a higher wall. I’m always here if you have any questions! #SDPIChat #Firstgen #Jotería

[The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute @SDPInstitute]

Q6: What type of recruitment practices have you seen that work best for first-generation college students? #SDPIChat

[The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute @SDPInstitute]

Q5: How can employers best support the professional experience of first-generation college students? #SDPIChat

[🌵 @meganfigueroa.bsky.social 🏜 @megandfigueroa]

A5: Don't assume that everyone experiences the world in the same way. De-center whiteness!!! #SDPIChat

[Sergio A. Gonzalez, Ph.D. @SerxioGonzalez]

A5: Employers can disrupt this privileged white notion of “professionalism” and learn to center their employees with asset-based praxis. #SDPIChat #Firstgen

[Sergio A. Gonzalez, Ph.D. @SerxioGonzalez]

A4: Employers and grad programs can start by de-centering whiteness as a norm in work and academic environments. Asset-based approaches should center people where they are, not institutions or workspaces. #SDPIChat #Firstgen

[Ariadna Manzo @AriadnaCmanzo]

@SerxioGonzalez @SDPInstitute This 🙌

[The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute @SDPInstitute]

Q4: How can employers and graduate programs shift from a deficit-based approach when looking to recruit and retain first-generation college students? #SDPIChat

[Ariadna Manzo @AriadnaCmanzo]

@joshanzaldua @SDPInstitute That group of supportive individuals helped me navigate a lot of situations as a #firstgen college student. Universities and employers should try to provide opportunities that help #firstgen students to develop these supportive networks.