This workshop focuses on expressing the educational experiences of first generation Chicanas/Latinas. We will touch upon the necessity of navigating, negotiating, and compromising ones identities in order to succeed in education. Throughout the workshop one will learn the power of using testimonios and how our trends de identidades multiples now inform our work. The workshop will use pláticas to theorize the educational experiences of first generation Chicanas/Latinas to examine how their challenges and successes manifest in today's world.