As a a first-generation college student and a single mom, Tina strives for a better life for herself and her daughter. She knows that a college education will set her on a path to a rewarding livelihood, but juggling college, work, and family puts many different demands on her time. Tina is dedicated to her studies and she dutifully highlights her textbook readings, memorizes vocabulary words, and spends long hours studying the night before her first exam. And yet, she earns only a mediocre grade. I guess I'm not cut out for college after all, she muses. I work so hard, but I still don't have what it takes to earn the grades I need.