Alicia A. Finney poses in a laboratory and is a doctoral student in the Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Program at the University of Vermont.

Creating Space: Navigating Academia to Propel First-Generation Success.

Cellular, Molecular, & Biomedical Sciences, First Generation Student, Graduate Education, Medical Science

Alicia A. Finney is a Ph.D. student in the Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Program at the University of Vermont.

In the following blog post, Finney writes about her experiences as a first-generation student.