{"id":882,"date":"2020-07-25T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T22:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/?page_id=882"},"modified":"2021-01-21T21:37:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T03:37:09","slug":"identity-in-college","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/stories\/identity-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity in College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_fullwidth_header_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content-container center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_header_content_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Identity in College<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_hover_enabled et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1821  alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/Blue-512x512-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 116px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 116\/116;\" \/>College is a significant achievement for many students and acts as step towards independence. It is typically the time when young adults begin to explore their identities and discover new aspects about themselves. Higher education provides a unique opportunity and time for students from various backgrounds to meet. It is also a place for individuals to celebrate and share aspects of their identity together. For Asian American students, college represents a way to better understand, reconnect, and celebrate their heritage and culture. For many first generation immigrants and refugee students, college develops their independent identities while simultaneously distances them from their families.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_hover_enabled et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1 et_hover_enabled et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe title=\"ASIAN | How You See Me\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OTLtjGUGgN8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Source: SoulPancake. 2016. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTLtjGUGgN8\">ASIAN: How you see me<\/a>.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 et_hover_enabled et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Student Experiences<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_media_alignment_center et-pb-active-slide\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/driving_school_10.jpg\" width=\"65\" height=\"57\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1513 alignnone size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 65px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 65\/57;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before college identity was never something that I was necessarily proud of, or it wasn\u2019t the forefront of my mind. But now seeing how so many of my peers fully embrace their cultures, fully embrace traditional clothes, it makes me want to be more a part of that community.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/streetwindy-20WX7l6aLMI-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"56\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2736 alignnone size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 64px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 64\/56;float: right;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nina Vang<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/driving_school_10.jpg\" width=\"65\" height=\"57\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1513 alignnone size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 65px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 65\/57;float: left;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When I was growing up I was always a daughter first. Everything I do is for my parents. But here, coming to St. Olaf my identity was \u2013 I\u2019m Asian and I\u2019m a low-income student. I was no longer doing things for my family. Now I\u2019m doing things to represent a whole race and a whole ethnic group. That gave me a lot more pressure. <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/streetwindy-20WX7l6aLMI-unsplash-1.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"56\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2737 alignnone size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 64px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 64\/56;float: right;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lori Tran<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/driving_school_10.jpg\" width=\"65\" height=\"57\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1513 alignnone size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 65px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 65\/57;float: left;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is kind of hard to tell my parents that I am a Political Science Major. I can\u2019t find the word \u2018Political Science\u2019 in Hmong. They just have to trust me that I am doing something that I want to do and that\u2019s something that will definitely benefit me in the future. <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/streetwindy-20WX7l6aLMI-unsplash.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"56\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2736 alignnone size-full lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 64px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 64\/56;float: right;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pachia Thao<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_4 et_hover_enabled et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_0 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_center  et_pb_blurb_position_top et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_top et_pb_animation_top_tablet et_pb_animation_top_phone et-pb-icon\">&#x52;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>A racial awakening<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rising senior Nina Vang aptly reflects the importance of college. For Nina, \u201cBefore college identity was never something that I was necessarily proud of or it wasn\u2019t the forefront of my mind, but now seeing how so many of my peers fully embrace their cultures, fully embrace traditional clothes, it makes me want to be more a part of that community.\u201d Her experience is not alone. Allen Villaluz echoes Nina, stating, \u201cI think things changed in college. I\u2019m part of the Asian Student Union and the Filipino Student Association at the University of Minnesota. Both of them, they kind of centralized the idea around identity and culture and embraced those aspects.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_5 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>What are Asian American and immigrant students\u2019 struggles?<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite burgeoning experiences of identity exploration and celebration, Asian American students still carry the unwanted role as race educators. Rising senior Lori Tran aptly summarizes, \u201cWhen I was growing up I was always a daughter first. Everything I do is for my parents. I was always you know a sister, a family member first. But here, coming to St. Olaf my identity was \u2013 I\u2019m Asian and I\u2019m a low-income student and so I had to shift my mindset. I was no longer doing things for my family. Now I\u2019m doing things to represent a whole race and a whole ethnic group. That gave me a lot more pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many first generation immigrants struggle to communicate the challenges they face in school with their parents who speak limited English. Pachia Thao reflects, \u201cIt is kind of hard to tell my parents that I am a Political Science Major. Especially my grandparents because they don\u2019t speak English and I can\u2019t find the right words. I can\u2019t find the word \u2018Political Science\u2019 in Hmong. They just have to trust me and believe me that I am doing something that I want to do and that\u2019s something that will definitely benefit me in the future.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"999\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/IMG_0451-1024x999.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_0451\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/IMG_0451-980x956.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2020\/07\/IMG_0451-480x468.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-3122 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/999;\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_6 et_hover_enabled et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5 et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">While others might view first generation immigrants students in higher education as succeeding <em>despite<\/em> their family background, we found that family is actually the core motivating factor for first generation students. Pa Xiong asserts her family as her biggest motivator for college because they \u201chad to go through the war and hearing stories \u2013 we had to cross the river and we had to leave people behind. It just makes me strive for the better because right now we struggle so much.\u201d Lori Tran also emphasizes the first generation students\u2019 strong family values, stating \u201cWe always think about how our decisions are going to affect our families. We know that once we graduate college, we are going to move back home. What we are doing in our next four years is to give back to our families.\u201d Both experiences exemplify the internal and external pressures that both Asian Americans and first generation immigrants overcome.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_1 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_center  et_pb_blurb_position_top et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_top et_pb_animation_top_tablet et_pb_animation_top_phone et-pb-icon\">&#x52;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>The strength of family<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2580,"featured_media":0,"parent":1354,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-882","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":92,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3716,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/882\/revisions\/3716"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/aim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}