Jessica Hoppe on being the "First in the Family"

September 13, 2024 00:30:09
Jessica Hoppe on being the "First in the Family"
51 Percent
Jessica Hoppe on being the "First in the Family"

Sep 13 2024 | 00:30:09

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Show Notes

On this week’s 51%, we speak with writer and mental health advocate Jessica Hoppe about her new book First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream. The debut memoir chronicles Hoppe’s experience recovering from drug and alcohol abuse as a first-generation Latinx woman. Tracing the history of substance abuse across her family, Hoppe explores the pressures that come with the immigrant experience, the impacts of intergenerational trauma, and what it takes to break the cycles of shame and silence. 

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