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Volume 1, Issue 1 (2014) Pioneers! O Pioneers!

A special thank you to our contributors, who are on this day breaking new ground for first-generation college students.

Conquering, holding, daring, venturing as we go the unknown ways, Pioneers! O Pioneers! ~ Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Creative Nonfiction

Mi Tierra Natal
Anonymous

Higher Education
Anonymous

Hasty Journaling on a Badass Little Old Lady's Computer
Anonymous

A Speechless Night
Guadalupe Astorga-Contreras

I've Changed
Kenneth Chancey

The Interweaving of Metaphor: Writing and Crocheting
Jennifer Ellspermann

Vision: The Blind Steps of a First-Generation College Student
Adrian Vazquez

Drama

Nadie: A Modern Rapunzel Story
Diana Delgado

Fiction

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Alvaro Gonzalez

Personal Philosophies

White Boy
Anonymous

Life is Very Much Like a Storm
Anonymous

I'm on the Right Track
Guadalupe Mejia

Poetry

The Lookout
Morika Fields

Ted Fields, Sr.
Morika Fields

#LifeofaMuslimFeminist
Nadia Kelifa

Your Path Versus Mine
Genesis Montalvo

To Be Where You Are
Genesis Montalvo

Natural Resources
Chris Rodriguez

Recorded Art

A quasi-prose, quasi-spoken word about the mullings of a first gen girl
Diana Delgado

Scholarship and Research

Listening Past Your Suffering
Kelsie Munnings

Spoken Word

Fire Within
Anonymous

Don't Let It Sink
Anonymous

A quasi-prose, quasi-spoken word about the mullings of a first gen girl
Diana Delgado

Personal Statement
Alvaro Gonzalez

Visual Art

Thrive Series
Jonathan Ishii