I'm Jorden Albright. I'm a first gen
student from Memphis.
I know it's very important to my parents that I succeed not only in college, but in general.
And because of that while I'm in college,  I'm really taking advantage of as many
opportunities as I can that I feel like
will help me even after I get out of college.
It's going well...This is my
second year as a peer mentor and I
really decided to do the peer mentor
program because;  one - I wanted to be even
more involved than I was. It was one of
my earlier roles on campus; and two - I
really just like sharing my experience
with other students.
So how many of you have actually already scheduled your advising appointment?
For a lot of people this school is bigger than their hometown you know.
So most of the conversations I have with my first gen students are just about
establishing their identity for one thing, but then also figuring out
how that identity factors into the campus community as a whole.
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