Holy Cross students, from left, Vanessa Cervantes ’26, Maria “Majo” Aguilar ’25, Danna Carrillo ’24, and Ebi Alike ’23, all members of HCF1RST, sit at a booth welcoming students during a week celebrating first-generation students at Holy Cross. (Photo by Michael Ivins/Holy Cross)
Tereza Saliu ’23 remembers entering the unknown as a first-generation college student. Like many first-gen students across the country, each experience on a new campus – sometimes far from home – sparked questions.