… siblings and parents who did not finish high school, it was a struggle to find the money to attend school from the time he was a youngster. He often worked to help pay for tuition which dragged down his grades. But he overcame that and other barriers to … “As a first-gen student, we can have the mindset that we don't want to ask for help, that we can push through it all by ourselves,” said Dr. Lim, who has been …