BEING THE FIRST IN YOUR
FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE IS
EXCITING, BUT IT ALSO HAS
MANY CHALLENGES.
FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS
MAY FIND COLLEGE
DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE WHEN
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE
WHO WENT BEFORE THEM TO
GIVE THEM GUIDANCE.
VICTORIA MENDOZA IS A
JUNIOR AT U-S-D, AND WILL
BE THE
FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO
GRADUATE COLLEGE.
SHE SAYS BEING A FIRST GEN
STUDENT BRINGS A LOT OF
PRESSURE.
"I WANT TO SET AN EXAMPLE
TO FUTURE GENERATIONS
OF MY FAMILY, BECAUSE I AM
THE FIRST ONE TO DO IT AND
I
REALLY WANT TO SET AN
EXAMPLE TO MY PARENTS AND
MAKE THEM
PROUD AS WELL AS MY
SIBLINGS. AND TO ANYBODY
WHO
REALLY LOOKS AT A FIRST
GENERATION MINORITY
STUDENT AND IS JUST LIKE,
HEY, YOU CAN DO THAT,
TOO,"
MENDOZA SAID.
ON TONIGHT'S EYE ON
KELOLAND, WE'LL LOOK AT
HOW U-S-D IS CELEBRATING
FIRST GEN STUDENTS AND
SUPPORTING THEM DURING A
NEW EXPERIENCE.
THE BARREL HOUSE IN SIOUX
FALLS WILL BE HONORING
ACTIVE MILITARY AND
VETERANS THIS MONDAY IN A
VARIETY OF
