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David Chavez: My name is David Chavez  I am a general journalism, major, I'm 23 years old and I currently live in Simi Valley.

Elvin Gonzalez: What's it like being a first-generation college student being the first generation?

David: It's different because it's like no one in my family can guide me. Like, besides, like a usual response, like, hey, get your rest, make sure you're eating and your nutrition stuff like that. That's the only general guidance I can get, but when it comes to, college guidance, I can't get that. Unless I talk to peers or other friends or friends family members. I went to college and I don't get in contact with a lot of people besides my family and a couple of friends. So it's a little bit harder to get the guidance I need unless I talk to a professor or someone who's part of the faculty here.

Elvin: When did you exactly start school during the pandemic or post-pandemic? 

David: I started pre-pandemic honestly I have been going on for six years. I started in the fall of 2018, since the pandemic I had to stay at community college for a little bit longer than I liked to and only take a couple of classes online and not the full-time credits like am supposed to do due to it being online. Once the pandemic started to settle down I started going back to in-person by enrolling as a full-time student at CSUN with 12-15 units per semester so that way I can get that in-person once again because I can't learn online.

Elvin: What is the biggest challenge you had to face when you took class remotely?

David: It was myself, I am my own worst enemy sometimes because I have all these things that can help get my projects done. I have the right equipment and the right microphone also edit audio and video sometimes. My biggest issue was myself because not only do I have all my equipment, but I also have my games, hobbies, and shows everything is there and I don't have the strongest self-control to the point where I end up putting it off till last minute or I stay up really late just trying to get all that done. I have worked but it's not something anybody should do. 

Elvin: What college was that and what was it like being in the newsroom during the pandemic? 

David: I was at Moorpark College with the Moorpark Reporter and it was hard to communicate with people even though we might've not been allowed to we tried to plan some days where we can all just be together in person and have our masks on which was a little hard to do because some people couldn't get out of the house and some were just worried. It's hard to create that newsroom feeling that we normally get in person. 

Elvin: Any tips that you can give that are first-generation college students? 

David: If you have friends going to the same college as you talk to them before you guys lose connection to talk to them see what they want to do and make a little friend group that way so all you guys can keep in contact that way. In college, we start with general classes first such as English, Math, and Science so it's better to stay connected and try to take those classes together but also look at what resources your school has and make yourself a time schedule if you work closer in days you need to make a hobby or do something at your school because that the end of the day you or someone else is paying for your college experience so it's best to pay as much time as you want into that experience and enjoy as much of it as you can.

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