First Gen & Changing The World

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In Episode 8, the first of 2021, host Nicole Farmer Hurd, Ph.D., founder and CEO, College Advising Corps, speaks to her guests about their journeys as first-generation college students and how their pursuit of a postsecondary education impacts their communities, their states, and the world. Heidi Estrada, a former CAC advisee, is a junior at The George Washington University. She is the recipient of Taco Bell’s Live Más scholarship. Heidi talks about how the scholarship has enabled her to realize her dream for higher education and provides tips for securing an award-winning application.