 
My name is Julie, I'm part-time at McMaster working on my degree.
Last year we started a pilot project with Before JO3
for first-generation students as a
mentorship program.
to share we obtained club status and we're working towards
become a mentor
for first-generation students to act as a
support for some of the struggles
or for the challenges that they might have. As a first generation student myself
I faced and overcome some of these
obstacles
here at McMaster.
I have been able to move forward quite
successfully. I started at McMaster a
few years ago as a
mature part-time student. I faced a
lot of challenges that I needed to
overcome
mainly
a lot of his challenges were
common among all students however I
didn't really have the support,
background or
the references to go to obtain
answers to these questions.
which made me feel very alone and didn't really
give me that sense of belonging and
commonality with other students.
