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Why upward mobility can feel like losing yourself

I am first-generation college-educated and my success feels hollow because none of my friends or family can relate to my life anymore.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Educational and economic advancement can create unbridgeable distance from one's origins, leaving achievement feeling like exile.

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