As a first-generation college student, University of Texas at Dallas marketing senior Gilian Rojas identifies with her work at Heart House. An educational services nonprofit, Heart House provides free after-school and in-school programs for refugee, immigrant and under-resourced children in the Vickery Meadow neighborhood of Dallas. “No one in my family knew how to apply to college,” Rojas said. I feel like I was one of those children.” Gilian Rojas“As a marketing major, we had to do mock interviews and resume writing. Shannon Hendricks, director of Heart House, said that Rojas is an instrumental part of its mission.