Meet the Advisor Who's Changing Lives for First-Gen Students

Walk by Victor Castillo’s office and you’re likely to find a gaggle of Texas A&M University freshmen hanging out there.

Castillo ’13 is an academic advisor for the College of Science’s Regents’ Scholars and Science Leadership Scholars programs. But to these first-generation Aggies from low-income families, he’s also a mentor with whom they can identify, a guide to academic success and a lifeline for the daily challenges that threaten to thwart their college aspirations.

A decade ago, the Bryan native was himself struggling to make it through school. A scholarship was his ticket into Texas A&M, but he was unprepared for the difficulties that awaited him—and initially unwilling to seek assistance.

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