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First Gen: A Memoir

Book by Alejandra Campoverdi · 2 quotes · First Generation, First Generation Immigrant, Latina

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“In truth, the Greek system made me more aware of my Latinidad on a daily basis than ever before. When you're Brown in a predominately white environment, your otherness tends to be mirrored back to you more often than not.”

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“It's a maddening dig First and Onlys often hear from our friends and family back home. 'You've changed.' I was still the same person inside, but aren't we all meant to change throughout our lives? ...At the time, I didn't fully grasp that for First and Onlys, our efforts to recalibrate and survive in new spaces can often be misunderstood as leaving our friends, our culture, or our families behind. We face dual rejection—in our new environments and in our old ones—for opposite reasons.”

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