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Mission
The Mission of the 1GLI (First Gen Low-Income) club at Haas is to promote, retain, and empower 1GLI students across Berkeley Haas’s ecosystem to increase visibility, build community, and share experiences that will empower our students to have a sense of belonging.

Membership Benefits
We define first-generation graduate students as those whose parents or guardians attained less than a bachelor’s degree. Similarly, graduate students who grew up in low-income households, underserved, and under-resourced backgrounds—whether in the U.S. or abroad—are considered traditionally "low-income." However, we recognize that the first-generation low-income identity is complex and may also include students who:

- Have one parent or guardian who attended college and one who did not
- Have parents who attended university in another country but had to navigate the American higher education system on their own
- Have parents with some college education but who did not graduate
- Did not grow up low-income but are first-generation college students
- Are not first-generation but were raised in a low-income household

While this definition may not encompass every experience, we invite you to join our community if you identify with these experiences and could benefit from fellowship with others, or if you wish to be an ally.