Sachs-funded web series helps first-gen Latinx students tell their stories “LatiNXT GEN,” a web series funded by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, documents the experiences of first-generation Latinx youth ending high school and beginning their college careers. Perla Gonzalez in her introduction video for “LatiNXT Gen.” (Image: YouTube)
Recording her first video, Joselyn was nervous.
Joselyn [she asked that her last be omitted] loves talking, and yet she didn’t know what to say. She wondered, at times, if she was even interesting. She captured several takes spread over two days of recording, cutting 44 minutes down to five. The video was published on Aug. 12 on YouTube, as an introduction to herself as a first-generation Latinx college student. She spoke of her El Salvadoran family, her interest in art through an AP class, and her pursuit of psychology as a major.