First Generation Aggies: Ep 7 (featuring Christian Newton‪)‬ First Generation Aggies

“Make it a great day or not the choice is yours.” These are words that this week’s guest, Christian Newton, strives to live out each day. Whether it be balancing school as a first generation college student, beginning his freshman year virtually in light of a pandemic, or navigating the journey of running for class president, he never loses sight of his power to keep life extraordinary.

Join Abel and Isaac in Episode 7, to learn more about Christian’s college experience, his current campaign for sophomore class president, and his hopes for change this year at Texas A&M.

Timestamps:

02:39 – Christian’s first-gen experience

06:12 – Motivations to attend college

08:27 – Starting freshman year virtually

12:08 – The importance of self advocacy

13:12 – Class president election process

16:29 – Christian’s current campaign

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Credits:

Intro/Outro Music produced by Venuser

Listen here: https://youtu.be/mHTJ4ug-2_4