WATCH: ‘Believe you can be successful here’

Nearly 20 percent of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s students are the first in their families to begin the journey of earning a college degree.

But they aren’t alone. Hundreds of Carolina faculty and staff, including members of the University’s leadership team, understand the struggle – and excitement, and accomplishment.

Because they were first-generation college graduates, too.

Watch these amazing videos on unc.edu.

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