Celebrating all the First Gen Graduates of 2024! 🎉
Whether you’re graduating from college, graduate school, vocational or certification programs or any type of post secondary education… felicidades! No fue fácil pero lo lograste.👏🏽
As First Gen’ students,
🎓You are probably known as the ‘responsible one’, the ‘dependable one’, the ‘smart one’, the ‘resourceful one’, the ‘strong one’, the hard worker, la/el estudiosa/o, la/el que sabe todo, etc...
🎓You probably figured out FAFSA and other demands on your own or with limited guidance...
🎓You probably juggled rigorous courses, academic demands, work, and responsibilities at home…
🎓You probably juggled rigorous courses, academic demands, work, and responsibilities at home…
🎓You probably experience the imposter phenomenon throughout your academic journey...
🎓You probably negotiated your intersectional identities to fit in and avoid being “othered”...
✨May you lean into self-compassion and know that you don’t always have to be the ‘resourceful one’, the ‘strong one’, the ‘responsible one’, or the ‘one who has it all figured out’ by graduation
✨May you honor your body with rest and celebrate your accomplishment con tu familia and loved ones without guilt
✨May you recover from academia and remember that it’s okay not to know right away what’s next in your career chapter
✨May you compassionately navigate your developing professional identity and bring all your identities into the “professional” space
Special shoutout to the First Gen graduates who come from the ‘hood,’ system-impacted communities, single parent households, foster care system, working-class families, have immigrant/undocumented parents… lo lograron! You faced insurmountable and imaginable barriers, pero aquí están! 🥹👏🏽
Con mucho orgullo,
Dra. Hernández @palantetherapy
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