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Book Event with Author Alejandra Campoverdi’s ‘First Gen’<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>ERI Communications<\/strong>\n \n October 10, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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This fall, we will host a conversation and book signing with\u00a0Alejandra Campoverdi<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>author of the acclaimed memoir\u00a0First Gen<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, moderated by Professor\u00a0Manuel Pastor<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

First Gen<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is 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 \u201cFirst and Only.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0First Gen<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is ultimately a powerful testimony about generational inheritance, aspiration, belonging, and the true meaning of survival.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to our co-sponsors, the\u00a0USC Department of Sociology<\/strong><\/a>, the\u00a0First Generation Plus Success Center<\/strong><\/a>, the\u00a0USC First Generation Student Assembly<\/strong><\/a>, and the\u00a0USC Office of Religious and Spiritual Life<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, November 12
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
DML 240<\/strong><\/p>\n

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