Cura Content Library

Career & Self-Development

Proactively building self-awareness, goals, and professional networks.

• Your Spring Guide to Landing a Job/Internship in 2024  
• Moving from Google to Entrepreneur
• How to Trust Your Gut When Building Your Career
• From Watsonville to Silicon Valley: Lessons that Helped Grow My Career
• Dream Job Unlocked: A Game UX Designer Demystifies the Professional Road
• Navigating College and Post-Grad Scholarship Options for Diverse Students
• When Passion Meets Purpose: The Intersection of Sports and Non-Profit Work
• Applying & Getting into Grad School: What They Don't Tell You
• Closed Session – Erin Thompson
• Breaking the Cycle of Financial Trauma: Rethinking Money
• No Blueprint, No Problem. From Idea to Impact: A First-Gen Founders Playbook

Job Search 

• How career adaptability affects university students’ job search behavior and subjective well-being: the role of career choice optimistic bias - career construction theory 
• Strategies For Job Seekers: Best Practices For A Strategic Job Hunt
• Your Resume/Network Tracker 
• 12 Types of Networking Connections (Plus Tips for Making Them)
• 5 Ways to Maximize Your Internships: From Day One to Your Next Opportunity

Career Tools 

• Popular Free Courses - Coursera 
• Free Online Courses - Stanford 
• Free Courses - Harvard 

Personal Motivation 

• How To Stay Motivated And Be Happier At Work
• 7 Ways to Motivate Yourself When You’re Uninspired at Work
• 50 Best Personal Growth Quotes for Everyday Evolution 

Communication

Effectively exchanging thoughts and ideas clearly in oral and written forms.

• First-Gen Advantage: Your Story, Your Career Superpower

Critical Thinking

Analyzing issues, making sound decisions, and solving problems using logic.

• Anthropic Education Report: The AI Fluency Index
• Potentially good - Improve Your Critical Thinking Skills
• To Improve Critical Thinking, Don’t Fall into the Urgency Trap
• The Power Of Critical Thinking: Enhancing Decision-Making And Problem-Solving
• 3 Ways to Build Critical-Thinking Skills

Leadership

Guiding and inspiring teams to achieve shared objectives.

• From Outsider to Tech Leader: A First-Gen and Immigrant's Guide to Breaking Into Tech
• Ignite Your Growth: Perspectives and Tactics to Flourish in Life and Career
• From Sculptor to Tech CEO: Redefining What's Possible

Professionalism

Exhibiting effective work habits, accountability, and personal integrity.

• New Role, New You: Navigating the Modern Workplace

Teamwork

Building collaborative relationships within diverse groups.

• Cultural Competency as a Superpower: How Do I Get My Dream Job Leading Partnerships?

Technology

Leveraging digital tools ethically and efficiently. 

• Impact as a career flex: the future of tech for social good

Financial Education

Resources to help build financial literacy and confidence.

• Book: Cultura & Cash by Giovanna Gonzalez
• Suma Wealth: Making Money Fun and Easy
• Snowball Wealth: Free Courses on Money Mindset and Reducing Anxiety, and Recession Proofing
• Latinas Talk Dinero
• Yanely Espinal, Financial Educator and Creator of MissBeHelpful
• Financially Lit
• Sallie Mae: Money Tips for First-Gen College Grads
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): Adult Financial Education Tools
• CNBC: 5 Budgeting Tips for College Students
• U.S. Bank & Zogo: Financial Skills Course
• Fierce by Mitú: Think Gen Z Can't Handle Money? Gen Z Latinos Are Proving Everyone Wrong
• SoFi: Free Financial Education — Building Your Career
• Money Fit Academy: Free Courses and Resources
• Capital One & Khan Academy: Free Financial Literacy Course
• FIS: Financial Literacy Learning Programs for Young Adults, Adults, Older Adults, and Small Business/Aspiring Entrepreneurs
• Udemy: Online Personal Finance 101
• Practical Money Skills by Visa
• Rocket Money: Track Spending, Cancel Subscriptions, and Build Budgets
• Experian: A Comprehensive Guide to Building Credit
• I Got My First Paycheck. Now What? A First-Gen Guide to Making Your Money Work

Mental Health Support

Resources supporting mental and emotional wellbeing.

• NYTimes: Feeling Stuck? Here are 5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Life
• Video: The Power of Perseverance and Teamwork (104-Yard Fumble Recovery)
• The Jed Foundation: First-Generation College Students — Your Mental Health Matters
• UnidosUS: Rompiendo Barreras — Dismantling Barriers to Latino Mental Health Care
• Think Global Health: Children of Immigrants and Their Mental Health Needs
• National Immigrant Justice Center & Immigrant Legal Resource Center
• Mental Health America: BIPOC Mental Health Resource Center
• Calm Microaggression Repair Tool
• Mental Health America: Free Anxiety Test and Free Depression Test
• Headspace: Free Sessions on YouTube
• Verywell Mind: How TikTok's "Burnt Toast Theory" Can Help Us Navigate the Lows of Life
• Harvard Health: Five Science-Backed Habits for Better Health
• Building Emotional Intelligence During Stress Awareness Month