Title: CommunityBridge Project - Maria Teresa Chavez-Haroldson - Past First-Generation College Student

Interview Details: Maria Teresa Chavez-Haroldson reflects on her first-generation college experience and provides insight for other first-generation students. Interviewed by Adrianna Marlen in May of 2022, in the OSU’s Multimedia Services (Photo & Video Studio).

Project Description: CommunityBridge was a project created by OSU MAIS graduate student Adrianna Marlen meant to "help support underrepresented, first-generation and transfer students groups at Oregon State University" by "display[ing] crucial non-profit and university student resources into one easily accessible website." As part of this project, Marlen collected short interviews with OSU students, faculty, and community members that spoke to their experiences as first-generation college students and the resources offered by various campus programs.