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I am a first-generation college student, before I enrolled at NAU no one in my family had ever gone to a university. That fall, when I decided to go through Formal Recruitment and join a sorority my family thought it would be a mistake and did not approve. They had no idea how lost I felt or how confused and frustrated I had become, trying to navigate all of the problems or issues that come with being in college without any advice or shared experiences with my family. I found a safe place in Fraternity and Sorority Life I found mentors and I figured out who I wanted to become. In the Fall of 2012 it would have been impossible for myself or my family to know how much college and sorority life would shape who I am today.
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