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Kaitlyn McKenzie Hein

  • Senior, Psychology and Women's and Gender Studies double major

As a first-generation college student, my invitation to Phi Betta Kappa felt like an achievement that encapsulates all that I've worked towards. After transferring from a different university, taking a semester off, and completely changing my course of study, I came to UWM feeling very unsure about my future and what I wanted to do. However, through the people that I met and the courses that I took, I now feel confident about the path I am taking and feel like a more accomplished, well-rounded student because of the classes that I've been able to take at UWM. Because of UWM, the hard work I have put in as a student, and as a person, finally feels like it is paying off.

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.