Misa Beltran-Guzman: Empowering First-Generation Students
Misa Beltran-Guzman, Director of First-Generation Programs at Bates, encourages students to find their purpose.
Beltran-Guzman's own experience as a first-gen American from a working-class neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio, has given him insight into the culture shocks faced by first-gen college students.
I felt very out of place the first couple years of high school. Sometimes when I think back, I felt like a ghost when I navigated that first year of high school.
As a low-income student of color in a predominantly white and affluent private college preparatory high school, Beltran-Guzman had to adjust, despite the support of his immigrant parents from Mexico, who valued education.
Author's summary: Misa Beltran-Guzman supports first-gen students.
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