Rising Class

Making it through the first year of college is tough. What makes it even tougher is being the first in your family to do so. Who can you turn to when you need advice?

FIRST GENERATION follows three first-generation freshmen, Briani, Conner, and Jacklynn, as they not only experience their first semester of college, but the COVID-19 pandemic that turned their Spring semester upside down. From life at an ivy league to classes at a community college, this nonfiction sheds light on these students' challenges, successes, and dreams as they finish their first year of college all while juggling responsibilities to their families back home.

Eye-opening and poignant, Jennifer Miller writes a narrative nonfiction that speaks to new beginnings, coming of age, and perseverance despite difficult circumstances.