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Jonathan Burgos is the founder and executive director of First Gen Scholars, a nonprofit working to help first-generation college students from low-income families get into, and complete, college without debt.
Berkshire Bank has awarded 2023 Next Gen scholarships to 20 students in its five state coverage area, including eight from Massachusetts.
In the days following Jada Howard’s acceptance to Northeastern University, she found herself locked in a fight with the school’s financial aid office. As a first-generation, low-income admit to the class of 2023, Howard and her mother went back and forth with the office, countering their aid offers with ones within their price range. In...
First Gen Scholars helps students apply to colleges and gain scholarships
City councils: Chula Vista, 5 p.m. Tuesday; Coronado, 4 p.m. Tuesday; Imperial Beach, 6 p.m.