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California boosts spending to help students earn math and science degrees

Alina Kralya tinkers with a microcontroller for one of her computer science projects at American River College. Nearby, a group of other first-generation college students sit in green and blue chairs, chatting about their math homework. It’s a typical scene at this community college space for students in the Math, Engineering and Science Achievement program, called MESA.

Two years ago, Kralya was in her first year at an engineering university in Ukraine when the Russia invasionuprooted her family. After moving around Eastern Europe, they sought refuge in Sacramento, with $300 in their pockets.Ìý





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