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How do children from undereducated and impoverished backgrounds get to college? What are the influences that lead them to overcome their socioeconomic disadvantages and sometimes the disapproval of families and friends to succeed in college? These are the basic questions Sandria Rodriguez posed to a diverse group of seventeen first-generation college graduates, including herself; their compelling life stories make important contributions to what little is known about this phenomenon.Rodriguez, Sandria is the author of 'Giants Among Us First-Generation College Graduates Who Lead Activist Lives', published 2002 under ISBN 9780826513915 and ISBN 0826513913.
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