Finding Communities of Belonging as a First-Generation Student Written and conducted by – Siya Sithamparanathan Edited by – Kevin Willems Welcome to a new format where we conduct interviews about pioneers, by pioneers. Siya has been kind to lend us her writing skills to present you with our first blog in the series. She sat…

Manal El-Bied, one of our Pioneers, has shared her path to higher education in an interview for the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Magazine of Utrecht University. Her story shows the perseverance and guts that often accompany a first-generation student. They have multiple and different hurdles to overcome to get to a University. Manal exemplifies why…