What to do when you are the first in your family to study?
For Walid, grandson of immigrants in France, college was an obstacle course.
Financial difficulties, social differences and pressure from their family are sometimes heavy to bear for these young people, who have to fight more than others to succeed.
Walid, Shirley and Agnesa, from different countries and backgrounds, all three felt this disconnect when they entered university.
In this video, they tell us about their school journey, sometimes long and full of pitfalls, and how they ended up achieving their goal.
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