My greatest adversity is myself and my mind. My name is Magda Gomez and I would like to share a quote from Sheryl Sandberg, "Every time I was called on in class, I was sure that I was about to embarrass myself. Every time I took a test, I was sure that it had gone badly. And every time I didn’t embarrass myself — or even excelled — I believed that I had fooled everyone yet again." This quote clearly describes how Imposter Syndrome makes me feel. I am a student at UC San Diego, I have graduated from High School with good grades, and yet I still feel like I do not belong. I have worked hard in high school so I can get into college and I have even worked hard for my grades but no matter how hard I try to fight this feeling of not belonging and of being a failure, it always wins. I am very close to my family so being far away from them makes it harder to combat these feelings but thinking about my younger siblings and how I have to be an example for them helps me push myself every day to not think or feel this way. Remembering my mom's face when I walked the stage at my high school graduation, receiving my awards, and seeing how happy she was, helps me fight every day to not feel like an imposter who does not belong amongst these smart people. I know pursuing a college degree should be for my sake, my future, and my dreams but coming from a poor family and being the first in college it is not only my dream anymore; it is also the dream of my younger siblings, it is the dream of future generations, it is the dream of my family. So, how do I overcome this challenge? Well, I think about my family and I think about how one day I will help my sibling overcome this exact feeling. I think about how I have made it this far and how I have worked so hard to make my dream of going to college come true. This feeling might not go away fast or ever go away at all but I know that whenever I feel like I do not belong or I am not smart enough; all I need to do is take a step back and look at all of my achievements. To take a look at how proud my family are of me and most importantly how proud I am of myself for not giving up. I hope to someday help future first-generation students overcome their feelings of being an imposter in college.