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We're from opposite ends of the country
and from different cultures.

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But Yale brought us together as students and friends.

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And come to find out we have a lot in common.

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I'm Alexa Anderson. I'm an astrophysics major from Hawaii.

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I'm Christian Fernandez, my major is Ethnicity, Race and Migration, and I'm from Louisiana.

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Financial aid and the First-Year Scholars
at Yale program helped us to succeed here.

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FSY gives low-income students a support
network both social and academic

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to help us adjust to life at Yale.

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The program helped us to find the confidence to succeed in our studies and at Yale.

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We both served as FSY counselors last summer to inspire younger students.

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The program and Ethnicity, Race and Migration

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spans the humanities and social sciences.

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We look at the history and structural processes that go into concepts of ethnicity, nationality and race

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and how they're interconnected with migration.

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I hope to become an immigration lawyer one day,

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and this background will be indispensable.

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In astrophysics, I've had the chance to work in labs with outstanding faculty.

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We use physics and math to explore and describe the universe,

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and I hope to earn my Ph.D. in this field someday.

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Yale provides an incredible science education, and I'm

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grateful for the chance to make my dreams come true.