Book Review: Giants among Us: First-Generation College Graduates Who Lead Activist Lives

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Rendon L. (1992). From the barrio to the academy: Revelations of a Mexican American “Scholarship Girl.” In Zwerling L. & London H. (Eds.), First-generation students: Confronting the cultural issues. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.