LibraryScenariosHow First-Generation College Students Navigate Family Disconnection
Scenario

How First-Generation College Students Navigate Family Disconnection

I am the first person in my family to go to college and I feel like I am losing connection with everyone I love while trying to become someone they do not understand.

Patan
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Educational advancement creates cultural distance from one's origins, forcing a choice between growth and belonging that tears at fundamental identity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Formal education systems globally?”

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