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Amélie Schinck-Mikel, a first-generation college graduate, said she remembers the first time she stepped onto a college campus. 

“It was just awe-inspiring,” she said.

Elsa Medina, also a first-generation college graduate, added “scary” and overwhelming, too.

“In my family, there was no one who would guide me in the process, and (college application is) a very extensive process,” she said.

The two women, now Cal Poly math professors, direct a one-week summer Math Academy, which began Monday and ends Friday. The academy, founded in 2012, encompassed three college visits into math-focused programming. But grant restrictions have since rendered previously available funding for the college travel obsolete.

More on Math Academy in the Santa Maria Times

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