We're from opposite ends of the country and from different cultures.
But Yale brought us together as students and friends.
And come to find out we have a lot in common.
I'm Alexa Anderson. I'm an astrophysics major from Hawaii.
I'm Christian Fernandez, my major is Ethnicity, Race and Migration, and I'm from Louisiana.
Financial aid and the First-Year Scholars at Yale program helped us to succeed here.
FSY gives low-income students a support network both social and academic
to help us adjust to life at Yale.
The program helped us to find the confidence to succeed in our studies and at Yale.
We both served as FSY counselors last summer to inspire younger students.
The program and Ethnicity, Race and Migration
spans the humanities and social sciences.
We look at the history and structural processes that go into concepts of ethnicity, nationality and race
and how they're interconnected with migration.
I hope to become an immigration lawyer one day,
and this background will be indispensable.
In astrophysics, I've had the chance to work in labs with outstanding faculty.
We use physics and math to explore and describe the universe,
and I hope to earn my Ph.D. in this field someday.
Yale provides an incredible science education, and I'm
grateful for the chance to make my dreams come true.