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Scenario

How to Navigate Guilt When You've Escaped Your Parents' Economic Reality

My parents cleaned office buildings at night so I could go to college and now I work in one of those buildings during the day, and I think about them every time I see the cleaning crew.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Educational and economic advancement can create a painful distance from the people who sacrificed to make it possible.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Class identity and class consciousness?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.