04/07/2025How a First-Generation Student Succeeded by Switching Majors - and Social SkillsEdvin Arriaza had no blueprint to follow when he enrolled at UNT Dallas. As the first in his family to go to college, it was an unfamiliar journey. Arriaza soon found the support and encouragement that made his college experience memorable and successful. "I had help here I wouldn’t have gotten elsewhere," he said. First-Generationalumnicommunitynewsstudent