Aspirational Capital

Low income Students

Financial Means

“Although poor youths from poor families have seen rising aspirations in recent years, they continue to have aspirations below those of other youths" (Berzin, 2010).

Lack of knowledge

“Students of low socioeconomic status are often ill-informed or unaware of requirements for attending college, including both knowledge of the college admissions process and knowledge of financial aid.” (Pema,2006)

Knowledge

First Generation

First

Generation

Students

"For low-income, first-generation, and minority youth, the research has often taken a deficit perspective in terms of the role these families play in the college pipeline."(Dyce)

Minority Groups

• "In 2009–2010, only 8 % of Latina/o students nationwide graduated with a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Santiago and Soliz 2012). This trend continues in doctoral programs where data from the National Science Foundation reveals that only 728 (4 %) of all doctoral degrees in STEM fields were awarded to Latinas/os in the US in 2001." (Peralta, Claudia, 2010)

Minority

Groups

Minority Groups cont.

• "Comparing 2000 with 2010, African American higher education enrollment grew from 11.3% to 14.5% (NCES, 2013), whereas baccalaureate attainment only increased from 8.9% in 2000 to 10.0% in 2010 (NCES, 2012). Comprising 14% of community college total enrollment, 48% of all African American undergraduates attend two-year institutions (AACC, 2014)." (Wilson, Dawna, 2014)

What motivates me?

• The desire to be the first generation college graduate in my family
• creating a higher education legacy for my children and their children to follow.

Maribel

What motivates me?

• My family keeps me motivated, always pushing me to aim high. They want me to be successful and not struggle as much as they did when they were my age.
• Failure motivates me, I am not afraid to fail or make mistakes, I will use failure as a learning experience and take that to be successful in life

Janelle

Aim High

What motivates me?

• Provide a good example for my son
• Create a better life for my family
• Have a better life than my parents

Hannah

What motivates me?

• My motivation for attaining my degree for probation officer is simply because I want to help those troubled kids who went to a juvenile detention center for felonies and to teach them ways to control their bad habits and turn those into productive outlook.

Jorel

What barriers did I face? How did I overcome them?

• Lack of information and family support

With the help and guidance of my boss and my best friend I was able to successfully enroll in college.

• Financial means

I was able to overcome my financial barrier through DACA-which made it possible for me to afford my classes and qualify for financial aid.

• My inspirations and motivations have helped me develop the resiliency needed to overcome all barriers.

Maribel

What barriers did I face? How did I overcome them?

• Fear

I was afraid that I wasn't going to have it in me to finish high school and go to college. My family and friends really encouraged me and it really helped me overcome my fear.

Janelle

What barriers did I face? How did I overcome them?

• First Generation College Student
• Women do not pursue high education in my family
• Grew up in poverty with a single mother
• Put myself through college at 17

Hannah

What barriers did I face? How did i overcome them?

Jorel

• Inner Demons

Controlling my anger to be productive since i lost someone, and all my dreams crashed.

• Fear

i fear that when i loose my control i might get myself in deep trouble that consequence might end up unpleasant. So i use all my trainings plus added more information so i could handle it effectively.

• Isolation

I retrace all the achievement I have dealt with and and conquered and made it as a tool to use it for myself