03 | Rob Rush, Founder of Become What You Can't See: The First-Gen College Experience and Mental Well-Being

On this week's episode, incoming GSB student and Harvard graduate, Rob Rush shares what it was like to go from the South Bronx to an Ivy League.

We talk about:

- The first-gen college experience

- Rob's platform for first-gen college grads, Become What You Can't See

- How Rob's elementary school counselor planted the seed of Harvard

- How to decide on your educational aspirations (whether it be your major or deciding whether to pursue an MBA)

- Finding and keeping mentors & the value of peer mentorship

- Rob's experience opening up about his mental health

- How men can encourage each other to be vulnerable

& more!

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Books & Resources mentioned:

- "How I Went From Dreaming About ‘Making It To 18’ To Becoming A Harvard Grad" by Rob Rush

- Goodbye Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki

- Breathe: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

- Headspace app

- James Clear

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