Topic: first-generation

Michael and Gloria Flores
People | May 20, 2019

Gloria Flores and her son, Michael, share a stage as they both earn degrees on the same day.

Exterior of residence halls
Campus News | January 23, 2019

The themed residence hall floor, named for the county's first black landholder, offers students a place to explore African American identity.

Kris Engelstad McGarry in lobby
People | October 10, 2018

Kris Engelstad McGarry and the Engelstad Family Foundation are helping make the dreams of dozens of UNLV School of Medicine students come true.

woman standing with street behind her
People | June 6, 2018

Ivet Aldaba-Valera was the first in her family to graduate from college and now she’s helping other first-generation students get to the finish line, too.

woman outside
People | May 9, 2018

The Las Vegas native completed her undergrad at Reno and returned home for law school. After graduation, she’ll head north again for a clerkship in Carson City.

Martha Morales standing at a podium
People | February 28, 2018

Working against the odds, this alumna became the first in her family to attain a college education and launch an ambitious career.

senior Amber Turner and alumna Lisa Danielson
Research | May 3, 2017

UNLV undergraduate and NASA intern Amber Turner shares her remarkable research journey, which may someday lead to human civilizations on other planets.

Margie Toves
People | May 11, 2016

Margie Toves is among the first graduates from a program to produce social workers specializing in children’s mental health.

Three people talking at a lounge area
Campus News | November 21, 2013

This fall’s freshman class is the biggest, smartest class to date. Here’s how new strategies kept Nevada’s brightest in state and opened the eyes of first-gen college students to the opportunity at their doorstep.

John Starkey
People | August 20, 2013

College once seemed so unobtainable to academic advisor John Starkey. He'll share his inspiring story of rising from poverty with incoming freshmen this week.