The Climb
The Climb
GenOne
The climb is a GenOne Charlotte podcast series highlighting how those "going first" blaze trails and achieve their dreams. Whether they're first generation college students, the first in their family to immigrate to America or be an entrepreneur, we seek to learn from the challenges they faced and discover how they contribute to our communities. Season 1 will focus on the stories of first generation college Scholars from the GenOne Charlotte program, a college access program supporting talented, first generation students into and through college.
Dariana Gonzalez Pt. 2 - Harvard University
In the final part of this episode, Dariana Gonzalez provides some really specific, outstanding tips and advice to next year's aspiring first generation college students so that when they get to college, they can persist through college as well. Thanks for all your time, Dariana!
Feb 21, 2023
9 min
Dariana Gonzalez Pt. 1 - Harvard University
In part 1 of this 2 part episode, Dariana Gonzalez provides outstanding insight into the value community based organizations (CBOs) provide when collaborating for college access and college success. She opens up about the intersection of her identities as a first generation Latina, while giving insight into what other aspiring first generation students can do to achieve their goals of getting to and through college. Dariana's journey is so inspiring, it's an honor to work with her!
Feb 6, 2023
22 min
Henry Romero - Emory University (2021)
Henry Romero, selected in 2016 as a member of GenOne's Inaugural cohort of Scholars at Eastway Middle School, gives insight during his freshman year of college how he was doing as a first year QuestBridge Scholar at Emory University! QuestBridge  is "a powerful platform that connects the nation's brightest students from low-income backgrounds with leading institutions of higher education and further opportunities."
Sep 19, 2022
10 min