Disrupting generational cycles: How one first-gen mom broke free

Taylor Hurles has always been a hustler.

Born the youngest of three in a low-income household in Stockton, California, the 28-year old dreamed of moving to New York City and making it big as an actress. Her father, who never graduated from high school, encouraged all of her siblings to attend college. School, he’d often say, is going to be your only way out.