Student Stories

Author: UAlbany Podcast Team

Contains podcasts produced and narrated by UAlbany students and alumni on successfully navigating their time at UAlbany. For more information, please email Carmen A. Serrano at the following address: GRP-uastudentstories@albany.edu Season 2 Funding provided by the UAlbany Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP). Interested in supporting future podcast programming? Please donate to LLC and specify UAlbany Student Stories. Click on the following link: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1642/18-giving/form.aspx?sid1642&gid2&pgid399&cid1042&bledit1&dids156.157.158.159.160.241.177.178&sort
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Being first Gen: Doing Things with Passion
Monday, 11 November, 2024

Season 7 Episode 3 Summary: First Generation Students Michelle Castrillo Garcia and Amy Cajamarca Leiva join us on the podcast to talk about their college journeys. Milexy, Xander, Amy and Michelle discuss being Hispanic in Albany and being the first in their family to attend college. From trouble finding good tortillas to machismo and religion, listen in for a special episode. Time Stamps: 0:00 – Guest Introductions 0:30 – Michelle and Amy’s Majors 0:57 – What made you want to do your major? What is Human Development? 2:20 – Long term goals, teaching 5:00 – Choosing what you like doing instead of money 5:50 – Xander's change in career choice 6:55 – Parent opinions/doing things with passion 10:30 – Being first generation in college 11:30 – Family Heritage, Visiting 16:13 – No Tortillas?!?!, Adjusting to Albany as a Hispanic Person 19:50 – Fitting in, making your own community 22:00 – First generation program, peer education 23:00 – Balancing academics, work, transitions 31:50 – Being a Christian, finding time and place for church 38:50 – Watching Novelas 44:40 – Machismo – An extreme sense of masculinity, talking about emotions, pride, vulnerability 52:30 – Being away from home, guilt or a service to your family? 1:01:00 – Parents education level, coming to the U.S. 1:09:00 – Future goals, wrapping things up Contributors: Milexy Campos (Co-host, Marketing), Xander Guevara (Host, Editing), Angel Gomez (Co-host), Leann Nicholas (Podcast support), Carmen Serrano (Executive Producer), Michelle Castrillo Garcia (Guest), Amy Cajamarca Leiva (Guest). Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio. Email Carmen Serrano: Interested in supporting future podcast programming? Please donate to LLC and specify “UAlbany Student Stories”. Click on the following link: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1642/18-giving/form.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=399&cid=1042&bledit=1&dids=156.157.158.159.160.241.177.178&sort=