{"id":106,"date":"2021-09-07T17:47:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T17:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2021-09-07T19:13:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T19:13:51","slug":"taylor-sanchez-21","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/first-generation-students\/taylor-sanchez-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Sanchez \u201821"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_93\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/275\/files\/2021\/09\/taylor-sanchez.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Sanchez \u201821\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/275\/files\/2021\/09\/taylor-sanchez.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/275\/files\/2021\/09\/taylor-sanchez-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/275\/files\/2021\/09\/taylor-sanchez-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Sanchez \u201821<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My name is Taylor Sanchez and I am a first generation college student. I\u2019m a senior with a double major in Exercise Science and Psychology and currently applying to Occupational Therapy MS Programs. I was lucky enough to be a part of the TRIO summer program before the first semester of my freshman year and get a good understanding of the demands of college life. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial challenges I faced as a first-gen college student were primarily the socio-economic barriers. While I was blessed to be given some scholarships, there was an overwhelming feeling of financial confusion.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the summer program, I felt more comfortable and confident in taking on the new role as a college student. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the beginning of my sophomore year, I became a research assistant to a professor (Dr. Hanson) in the Psychology department, in which I was able to learn more about the different Psychology disciplines. After working with Dr. Hanson, I was able to learn more than Psychology. She became my mentor and friend and since then has guided me through different obstacles I have faced. Through this relationship, I am currently working on publishing research with her. Not only was I given an opportunity to publish in my Psychology discipline, but I am also working with Dr. Reiner from the Exercise Science Department, to publish a journal article in NSCA Coach.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Taylor Sanchez and I am a first generation college student. I\u2019m a senior with a double major in Exercise Science and Psychology and currently applying to Occupational Therapy MS Programs. I was lucky enough to be a part of the TRIO summer program before the first semester of my freshman year and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"parent":81,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/109"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}