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An unflinching memoir and invaluable resource Kirkus about navigating social mobility as a first gen Latinaoffering both a riveting personal story and an examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer

Alejandra Campoverdi has been a child on welfare a White House aide to President Obama a Harvard graduate a gang members girlfriend and a candidate for US Congress Shes ridden on Air Force One and in Grides Shes been featured in Maxim magazine and had a double mastectomy Living a life of contradictory extremes often comes with the territory when youre a First and Only It also comes at a price

With candor and heart Alejandra retraces her trajectory as a Mexican American woman raised by an immigrant single mother in Los Angeles Foregoing the tidy bullet points of her resume and instead shining a light on the spaces between them what emerges is a powerful testimony that shatters the onedimensional glossy narrative we are often sold of what it takes to achieve the American Dream In this timely and revealing reflection Alejandra draws from her own experiences to name and frame the challenges First and Onlys often face illuminating a road to truth healing and change in the process

Part memoir part manifesto FIRST GEN is a story of generational inheritance aspiration and the true meaning of belonginga gripping journey to reclaim the parts of ourselves we sacrificed in order to survive

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Winner of the Martin Cruz Smith Award CALIBA
2024 Council for Opportunity in Education National Book Club Selection
Longlisted for the Outstanding Works of Literature OWL Award for First Year Experience