The “GFLI” label encompasses all first-generation and/or low income graduate students (master's or PhDs) and postdocs at MIT.
This identity is often self-defined, but MIT typically refers to these identities in the following ways:
Graduate students/Postdocs who are the first in the family to have pursued and graduated from a 4-year college
Graduate students/Postdocs who grew up in a low-income household, received a Pell grant, or whose parent contribution for undergraduate education was ≤ $5000.
We invite FLI alumni to talk about their graduate experience at MIT, offer their advice, and connect with GFLI students.
Lead: Richard Van
We host social and networking events to facilitate a tight-knit FLI community
Lead: Ozioma Ozor-Ilo
We mentor undergraduate FLI students to decrease structural barriers of higher education.
Lead: Eileen Pan & Parisa Yousefpour, PhD
Networking, professional development, great food, and a GFLI family.
Be the first to know about what we have planned and add our group calendar to your schedule.
Subscribe to our mailing list or follow our social media to hear about upcoming events.
Meet graduate students from all over MIT with shared backgrounds and experiences
Follow us on Instagram @gfli.mit
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Join our slack group to engage with the community
Interested in joining a GFLI@MIT Committee? Express your interest via this form, and we will reach out to the emails to officially onboard people <3