In Episode Four—aka The English Major Episode—LT and Sam welcome self-proclaimed “Honorary Smart Girl,” Phuc Tran, author of ...

What does it mean to be Black and first-gen? In this heartfelt and freewheeling episode, LT is joined by her former student—and now lifelong friend—Hon. George A. Turner, Jr. for a deeply personal conversation on style, selfhood, and s...

In Episode Two, LT and Sam sit down with Dr. Claire Brady—President of Glass Half Full Consulting, former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, and proud first-gen grad—to flip the script on how we talk about school choice and student success. Dr...

In the debut episode of the Smart Girl podcast, hosts La'Tonya “LT” Rease Miles—pioneering founder of first-gen college studies and tireless changemaker—and her best friend Sam Pinto, professor at UT Austin, go behind the scenes of LT’...