{"id":2165,"date":"2022-04-27T10:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T14:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2165"},"modified":"2023-06-22T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T20:35:12","slug":"vanessa-correia","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/profile\/vanessa-correia\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Correia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>I chose to become a Terrier F1rsts Advocate because I am a first-generation, low-income college student who went to BU and I had no idea how to navigate the college system. I didn&#8217;t know the hidden lingo, or how to network, or even advocate for myself. During my time at BU, I slowly learned how to be a college student and I want to help students like me learn how to take full advantage of the college experience.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First-Generation College<\/li>\n<li>Gender Identity and Pronouns: <span>she\/her\/hers<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Race, Ethnicity, and\/or Nationality: <span>Cape Verdean<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Hometown: <span>Brockton, MA<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Languages Spoken: <span>English, Cape Verdean Creole, Spanish<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Tri-Alpha National Honor Society Member<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Business\/Industry of Interest: Arts &amp; Humanities and Social Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Personal Facts\/ Hobbies\/ Interests: <span>I am a first-generation Cape Verdean-American. I enjoy spending time with my family. I also like to read, binge-watch shows, attempt DIYs and TikTok recipes. I&#8217;ve traveled to over 15 countries and hope to add to that list.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/profile\/vanessa-correia\/\">BU Profile\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/correiav\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":19705,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19705"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4096,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2165\/revisions\/4096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}