In this episode, we kick off episode 2 of First-Gen Through the Years series featuring our guests Natalie Lopez and Veronica Gomez. Natalie Lopez is a Junior Film Production major and double minor in Chicana/o and Latina/o studies and business administration. She has a great deal of experience in the entertainment industry, some of which include working at the Oscars, Emmys, SAG Awards, and with London Alley Entertainment. She has also worked on music videos for Lizzo and Post Malone and has directed several short films and documentaries. She is currently an executive assistant at Suhloot, a software development company. Our second guest in this episode is Veronica Gomez. She is a Senior majoring in Sociology and double minoring in Peace and Justice Studies And Political Science. Currently, at LMU she is part of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Inc., MEChA De LMU, El Espejo Mentorship, Alternative Breaks Trip Leader to Belize, Sociology Society, Alpha Alpha Alpha: First-Gen Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Delta: Sociology Honor Society, First To Go Program, Ignacio Student Support Services and McNair Scholars Program. She also works for First to Go as a Peer Outreach Specialist, Peer Lead Instructor, and Student Lead Administrator. And lastly, she is going to UCLA for her master's in education! She has also done some research. Listen as we discuss their first gen experience as a junior and senior. Don’t forget to follow us on our other socials! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/forthegen/ Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@forthegen Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh12KD6AlRUfdQUSxHsaRSQ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ForTheGen Other inquiries - forthegenepodcast@gmail.com Guest: Natalie Lopez Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/the_onlynat/ https://www.instagram.com/directedby_nat/ Veronica Gomez Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/verogee_15/ 0:00 Grab your Snacks! 2:35 How’s the family doing? 11:30 Hey we all know you’re doing your best out there 17:01 Don’t put so much pressure on yourself 27:36 We’re all very proud of you 38:08 I could use a Sausage Egg McMuffin  45:19 Hey Margie! I totally forgot to get that clip to you 57:56 Skittles 1:05:38 Don’t leave, come back  ________________________________________________ Day 38 of living down in the description, my body has now just fully become one big callous from being down here for so long. Julius is doing well, thanks for asking, he says hi. You know I miss that part of being a kid where you were able to dedicate yourself to something for like 3 months and you’d be better at that one thing more than everybody else for like the next 3-4 years. I guess you can still do that but for the most part everyone already has the cool ones down like skateboarding, tax fraud, and Minecraft. ugh…