User:AriannaN8/First-generation college students in the United States

Title: Mexican American First Generation Students Overcoming Language Barriers in College
First-Generation Students in Higher Education - Mexican Americans

A first- generation college student, specifically speaking about Mexican Americans, are students in college whose parents never received an education in college. Many first generation students can even be the first person in their family to attend college and gain a higher education. During their years at college one common challenge for Mexican Americans is a language barrier.

In their academic careers many students have had to deal with the struggle of language barriers. In both readings I have chosen below, they both have a common topic, that Mexican-Americans had a language barrier when it came to higher education in colleges. In the article of Assessment, Social Justice, and Latinxs in the US Community College it speaks about the challenges that Elena and Gabriel have faced while in college. Despite how amazing their academic abilities were, they both faced obstacles in receiving support. English can be a difficult language to understand if it is not the first language you have spoken or how often you are surrounded by it.