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Thank you all so much for being here
today.

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As you know,
we are focused on supporting one million

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first-generation college students to
and through college.

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So these exam cram
kits are a big part of helping them

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get through their exams.

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What is really changing
the college environment

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is more first-generation college
students on today's college campuses.

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80% of those students are not graduating,
even after six years.

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We saw that there were so many ways
that we could help

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these students, that we could help
institutions help students.

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So many of us at TIAA, are first-gen college students ourselves,

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that really informed the programing
that we chose to put in place.

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Our mission as an organization
is to help more Americans

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retire,
and being able to plant the seed early.

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We just recognize that that's a part of
what's setting them on that

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path to long term financial success.

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We support

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first-gen because we are first-gen, right?

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And I think that's so true.

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My favorite part
about these types of events is that us

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on the Community Impact team
get to see our associates engage, pack

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the kits, write the notes,
and then we get to see them

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hand delivered to the school.

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And then of course, having that engagement
with the students directly.

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There's nothing better than that.

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Those students, I hope
that will stay connected to us and still

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will follow up with us and be able to feel
comfortable enough to come back to us

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and ask for advice again and,
stay connected with them going forward.

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I humbly believe that we've selected
a really powerful issue

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that is arguably an issue
of this generation.

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First-generation
college students make up over

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half of the college
students on campus today.

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Their needs are really different
than continuous generation

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college students,
and I'm so thrilled to see

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the million lives
that we're going to effect.

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TIAA can really step in
because of the mission, so it's

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something special that we can offer
that I think is a differentiator for us.

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At the end of every day,
you've done something

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to create a difference for others
and I love the work that we do so much.