Anita Casavantes Bradford

Among education leaders concerned about first-generation students, there has been a conscious effort to focus less on their weaknesses and more on their strengths. … A hub of this strengths-focused approach has been UC Irvine, where in 2014 Anita Casavantes Bradford, a history and Chicano studies professor [and associate dean], began to develop a first-generation program that was adopted across UC campuses three years later. 

For the full story, please visit https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-09-18/first-generation-college-students-alejandra-campoverdi.