Book Event with Author Alejandra Campoverdi’s ‘First Gen’
This fall, we will host a conversation and book signing with Alejandra Campoverdi, author of the acclaimed memoir First Gen, moderated by Professor Manuel Pastor.
First Gen is a two-time national bestseller, winner of the Martin Cruz Smith Award and the Dolores Huerta Award. Part memoir, part manifesto, the book offers both a riveting personal story and an unflinching look at the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a “First and Only.”
With candor and heart, Campoverdi shares her journey as a Mexican American woman raised by an immigrant single mother in Los Angeles, reflecting on the contradictions and sacrifices of navigating social mobility. First Gen is ultimately a powerful testimony about generational inheritance, aspiration, belonging, and the true meaning of survival.
Special thanks to our co-sponsors, the USC Department of Sociology, the First Generation Plus Success Center, the USC First Generation Student Assembly, and the USC Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.
Wednesday, November 122:00 PM – 4:00 PM PTDML 240
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