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008			230415s2023 nyu b 000 0aeng
010			_a2023016024
020			_a1538757184 (hardcover)
020			_a9781538757185 (hardcover)
040			_aLBSOR _beng _erda _cLBSOR _dMiTN
050		4	_aE184 .M5 _bC354 2023
100	1		_aCampoverdi, Alejandra,
245	1	0	_aFirst gen : _ba memoir / _cAlejandra Campoverdi.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2309.
264		1	_aNew York : _bGrand Central Publishing, _c2023.
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aFast car -- Born on the bayou -- Amor eterno -- Keep their heads ringin' -- Crash into me -- Pacific coast party -- How to save a life -- Everlong -- La trenza -- It's only love that gets you through.
520			_a"From former White House aide to President Obama and Harvard graduate, Alejandra Campoverdi, comes a riveting and unflinching memoir on navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina, offering a broad examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls ofbeing a trailblazer. To be a First and Only in America is a delicate balancing act of surviving where you come from while acting like you belong where you're going. Alejandra Campoverdi has been a child on welfare, a White House aide to President Obama,a gang member's girlfriend, and a candidate for U.S. Congress. She's ridden on Air Force One and in G-rides. She's modeled on the pages of Maxim and had a double mastectomy. Living a life of contradictory extremes often comes with the territory when you're a "First and Only." It also comes at a price. With candor and heart, Alejandra retraces her trajectory as a Mexican American woman raised by an immigrant single mother in Los Angeles, foregoing the tidy bullet points of her resume and shining a light on the spaces between them instead. What emerges is a moving testimony of personal struggle and triumph that shatters the one-dimensional glossy narrative we are often sold of what it takes to achieve the American Dream. Alejandra uses her own experiences to illustrate the emotional tolls First and Onlys often face that are widespread yet rarely acknowledged, providing a road to truth and healing in the process. It is a timely and revealing reflection, as social class continues to be a key determinant of career success. Part memoir, part manifesto, FIRST GEN is a story of generational inheritance, aspiration, and belonging - a poignant journey to "reclaim the parts of ourselves we sacrificed in order to survive.""-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aCampoverdi, Alejandra.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bWhite House Communications Office _xOfficials and employees _vBiography.
650		0	_aChildren of immigrants _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aMexican American women _vBiography.
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