Rebecca Nagy Miller

According to Rebecca, being first-generation means constantly exploring opportunities on campus, which can lead to unexpected and fulfilling experiences within the realm of Esports.

To me, being a first osprey means being a trailblazer in my family and being able to have a unique opportunity that my other family members may not have had.

At ������ there are so many events and networking opportunities that occur every day here on campus; so much so that there have been instances where I'll just peek my head into something going on at ������, and the next thing you know, it leads me to opportunities I wouldn’t have had otherwise.

Whether it's something small...or something major... I want to take the privilege that Dr. E, First Ospreys and ������ Esports have given me and empower students who may not have been given the privilege or had the experience that I have, so that I may equip and empower them to advance in their communities and excel in their careers.

A great example was my impromptu attendance of the casino esports conference. I was, actually, just getting out of my business law class upstairs in the John F. Scarpa Academic building, and I saw this banner that said “Casino Esports Conference”, with a table near the Fannie Lou Hammer Event room, with people surrounding it. I was looking around the tables and banners, thinking, ‘Huh, this looks interesting. I didn’t know ������ had this’. After a few moments, the director of the conference, Arti Fox, walks up to me and asks, ‘Hey, you good?’

To which I responded ‘Yeah, I'm good, I’m just curious about what this is?’

He explained what the conference was, and asked if I wanted to attend. I accepted his offer, and not only did I have the honor of meeting the former director of sales at Caesars, but I also got to witness the grand opening of Esports Innovation Center at Kesselman Hall.

������ has supported me in a variety of ways: they’ve supported me financially through the Foundation Scholarship as well as through the Educational Opportunity Fund. They've also supported me academically and emotionally with the Learning Access Program as well as the Counseling Center.

They’ve also been helping me advance my career through a variety of different opportunities, such as the Cultural Engagement Ospreys internship, of which I have recently acquired the role of Chief CEO. I’m also part of the , where I’ve recently become the Community liaison between the CEO project and Esports, where my primary objective is to help facilitate collaborations and communication between the two organizations.

Both the CEO project as well as the Esports Collegiate organization have given me many opportunities to showcase my leadership, but there is one particular opportunity granted to me by both organizations that I will never forget.

The first generation of the Inclusive Leadership Conference, at that point, had just ended, and I was hearing that a bunch of my colleagues from the Esports Organization were going to DreamHack. I was very excited for them, and was wishing them a safe and fun trip to Dallas, where the convention was being held. 

A few days later, I had gotten a message from a colleague saying , ‘Hey, Demetrios* might be calling you soon. He wants to talk to you about something.’

You know that feeling when you get called to the principal's office, and you're just kind of scared as to what they might say, even though you didn't get in trouble? That’s how I was feeling prior to the call.

When Demetrios did contact me later that evening, he had said to me, ‘Hey, Dr. E (Ana Edmondson)** has personally funded you going to DreamHack, do you want to come with us?’ After a few seconds of silence from my mouth being agape from the surprise of this opportunity, I accepted it!

For this trip, I was given the role of the journalism lead, with my main task being to conduct interviews w