<p>Henry Romero, selected in 2016 as a member of <a href='http://www.genoneclt.org'>GenOne</a>&apos;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! <br/><br/><a href='https://www.questbridge.org/'>QuestBridge</a>  is &quot;a powerful platform that connects the nation&apos;s brightest students from low-income backgrounds with leading institutions of higher education and further opportunities.&quot;</p>

Dariana Gonzalez Pt. 1 - Harvard University

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.