a memoir Campoverdi, Alejandra creator author. text bibliography biography nyu 2023 First edition. monographic eng

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273 pages : 22 cm "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 onthe 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.""-- Fast 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. Alejandra Campoverdi. Includes bibliographical references. n-us--- Campoverdi, Alejandra United States. White House Communications Office Officials and employees Biography Mexican American women Biography Children of immigrants United States Biography Breast Cancer Genetic aspects Erogenous body parts Secondary sex characteristics E184.M5 C354 2023 305.48/86872073092 B 9781538757185 1538757184 2023016024 Grand Central Pub, C/O Little Brown & Co Order Dept 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109 230415 20250627153935.0 1377501958