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Junior Alexis Medina had always planned to be a first-generation college student. Although he knew that, as a Hispanic male, statistics were not on his side, he knew that this would drive him to work harder to overcome those odds.

鈥淚 know in middle school and high school it was maybe more of an unreachable goal because statistics for Hispanic males graduating high school, or even going to college, aren鈥檛 that good,鈥� Medina said.

Medina鈥檚 parents set an example for him to keep working hard to achieve this goal.

鈥淟ooking at everything they鈥檝e gone through to give me this opportunity to go to college, it was kind of a must-do,鈥� Medina said. 鈥淣o matter what, I had to do it.鈥�

In addition to his parents and family, he also received encouragement and support from his teachers at Cristo Rey High School in Kansas City.

鈥淚 did have a lot of good teachers as well in high school who were like, 鈥榊ou know, you have what it takes to break that stigma behind Hispanic males.鈥� Really trying to be one of the few trying to get into college was for sure the driving force for me,鈥� Medina said.

He didn鈥檛 receive as much encouragement from classmates, but Medina said he made sure that this peer pressure wouldn鈥檛 weigh on him and his goals.

鈥淭here were some friends that shared some of the same ideas, but in my school there were quite a few students who didn鈥檛 really focus a whole lot on school,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 really just didn鈥檛 want to ruin my chances to go to college, I just kind of hung out with the students that also wanted to go to college.鈥�

Medina originally was looking into out-of-state colleges, but landed on Rockhurst before even visiting campus.

鈥淭he colleges that I really wanted to go to were out of state, but because of the financial part, I couldn鈥檛 go. Plus, I didn鈥檛 know what I wanted to do yet, so I felt like staying in the city probably would have been more beneficial,鈥� Medina said. 鈥淭he biggest reason at first for choosing Rockhurst was the scholarship and financial aid, but after coming to campus I鈥檝e just loved the school. It provided me with so many different opportunities and especially the staff and teachers are very encouraging. If I wouldn鈥檛 have gone here, I don鈥檛 know if I鈥檇 be where I am now as a junior at Rockhurst.鈥�

The encouragement from family continued after he decided he would be attending Rockhurst. Medina鈥檚 parents would help with what they could, but their subtle encouragement was what kept him on track for his goals.

鈥淭hey always say, 鈥楰eep doing what you鈥檙e doing.鈥� That鈥檚 really what kept me going,鈥� he said.

Medina, a sports management and Spanish major, hopes to use what he鈥檚 learned during his time at Rockhurst for good.

鈥淚 for sure want to be a soccer coach,鈥� Medina said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been looking into a lot of nonprofits and NGOs around the world pretty much that use soccer and social justice. They use soccer as a tool to help educate the youth around the world about health, education, social integration and a lot of different things. That鈥檚 definitely something that I would love to do after graduation.鈥�

Through navigating college and figuring out what he wants to do in the future, Medina has learned many things. One of those being to not be afraid to make mistakes.

鈥淒on鈥檛 be afraid to mess up. I know that was a big thing for me. Don鈥檛 be afraid to step up and do things that you want to do or take classes that you want to take, because it did take me a while and I just wanted to do things a certain way,鈥� Medina said. 鈥淣ow that I鈥檝e really got loose, so to speak, it is a lot better and a lot easier. It鈥檚 doable. For sure, it is doable.鈥�