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FLIP NATIONAL who we are Our MOTIVATION Even in educational systems designed to promote equal opportunity and social mobility for all students students from underresourced backgrounds often face unique challenges within their educational experiences. This issue even stands when they gain access to elite institutions of higher learning. It has come to the forefront that firstgeneration andor lowincome students face a variety of problems including food insecurity homelessness poor access to textbooks and other academic resources while studying in institutions of higher learning. Pockets of students who identify as firstgeneration and lowincome have launched initiatives on their respective campuses to address problems that hamper their academic success and wellbeing.