Roots & Revolution

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First to go to college, last one to leave the farm; a life shaped by tragedy and loss but also tremendous opportunity and luck, I now look back to reckon with the challenges my parents faced while navigating a life very different from the one they led.

About Amber Gustafson

Gen X Iowa Farm Kid | First-Generation College Student | Class Migrant | Survivor | I write about poverty, socio-economic class, politics, gender, public policy, agriculture, cults/MLM, food and family.

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