‘Make Your Home Among Strangers’ and the complexities of first-generation college life

" … Like many first-generation college students, Lizet’s challenges begin as soon as she opens her acceptance letter. She has to navigate the gauntlet of financial aid and admissions paperwork alone. Her family can barely afford her airfare and cannot accompany her to help with her dormitory move-in." …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/10/02/make-your-home-among-strangers-and-the-complexities-of-first-generation-college-life/