First-Gen Proud: TRIO Employee Reflects on Her College Journey

Today is First-Generation College Celebration Day, a time to recognize and raise awareness about students who are the first in their families to go to college.
Today is First-Generation College Celebration Day, a time to recognize and raise awareness about students who are the first in their families to go to college.
Learn how this first-generation student overcomes severe anxiety to find healing, build her resilience, and succeed in college.
As we celebrate our graduates, we get to hear their stories of overcoming obstacles to reach their goals. Read how Mandy found the support she needed to thrive.
From middle school to college, TRIO programs help students with limited-income, first-generation college students and individuals with disabilities to succeed.
Becoming an HSI is an intentional commitment to being a college where Latinx students thrive. Being an HSI matters—for our students, our college & for Colorado.
As we celebrate our graduates this spring, we hear a lot of powerful stories about their experience. Here’s one from a graduate of our Boulder County campus.
TRIO programs support students who come from limited-income families, are first generation college students, or have a documented disability.
FRCC alumna Zaira Villalobos overcame her own challenges in order to take on college and eventually med school—all with the end goal of helping others.