First-Gen Rising
Michelle Y. HooverThe degree opened the door. Everything after that, you had to learn on your own. No one talks about that part. But we do here. Welcome to First-Gen Rising, where we make sense of the first-generation professional experience.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 38 | Founded | 8 months ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Five Reasons You Didn’t Realize You Were a First-Generation Professional
Prefer to listen 🎧?
I’ve included a short introduction before reading this week’s essay. ☝
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I can’t tell you how many times this has happened.
I’ll be catching up with a professional acquaintance I haven’t s...
A Translation Guide For First-Generation Professionals
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🎧 Why building relationships and speaking up weren’t easy for me.
Fresh out of college, with the pride of being your family’s first person to earn a degree, you enter the professional world with hope, resolve, and a little imba...
Five Ways to Get More Than a Line on Your Résumé
This week, instead of reading the essay, I share a short story about my first internship and the lessons from it I still carry with me. You’ll find the audio at the end of the post.
Before there was LinkedIn, this was this.
It’s late July...
From Corporate America to Big Law
(The post tells the story. The audio tells the backstory of how it came to be.)
NALP Annual Education Conference, Hollywood, FL, April 2026
When I began studying first-generation professionals five years ago, I assumed my work would stay...
We Figured It Out. They Shouldn’t Have To.
(Should you prefer, you can listen to me read this post.)
One of the most rewarding parts of this work has been watching people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s realize they are first-generation professionals.
I can see the comprehension click...
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From a coal town to boardrooms on five continents. I write for people who excel at their work but are blindsided by the unwritten rules. Let's make sense of that experience—and turn clarity into momentum. Author: From First to Fearless (forthcoming).
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