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玛丽贝尔·贝当古（Maribel Betancourt）为她辛勤工作的拉丁裔父母感到自豪，他们在花岗岩湾（Granite Bay）的果园里采摘、修剪和削皮水果。 然而，在学校里，她感到很尴尬，因为她的大多数白人同学都是律师、医生、护士和教师的孩子。
“Growing up, I never felt represented within my peers, teachers, or the community,” she said. “I never felt proud of my background.”
然后，贝当古来到博彩平台，这是一所联邦指定的西班牙裔服务机构，超过四分之一的学生是拉丁裔，并被大学援助移民计划（CAMP）录取。
“CAMP is a place for all of us to become a family. The amount of support and love we are shown makes me feel at home.”
自1981年以来，联邦政府资助的CAMP为数千名来自移民和农场工人背景的学生提供了第一年的支持。 该项目帮助他们学习在Sac州立大学取得成功和毕业所需的技能。
The success of CAMP, and an ongoing commitment to intentionally serve Latino students, earned 萨克拉门托 State a prestigious Seal of Excelencia for 2020. Only five institutions earned the designation this year, joining the elite group of 14 Excelencia institutions nationwide.
“I had always felt ashamed of sharing what my parents did, but CAMP exposed me to a whole community of migrant students whose parents work in agriculture, and that empowered me,” Betancourt said.
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“CAMP also exposed me to professionals who shared stories that resonated with me, which is important in my professional journey. It reminds me to always uplift my community and those who follow after me.”
Betancourt graduated in Spring 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. She’s now pursuing a master’s in Counseling at 囊状态 and expects to graduate in 2023.
“囊状态’s efforts on behalf of Latinx students is crucial to the success of the Latino community,” she said. “As a first-generation Latina in college, asking for help was nerve-wracking and uncommon within my culture, but 萨克拉门托 State’s equity programs helped me navigate college and are a huge part of my success.”
阿隆德拉·维拉潘多是儿童发展专业的学生，她在CAMP意外地找到了第二个家庭。
她在萨克拉门托河三角洲的一个小镇里约热内卢Vista长大，是家里第一个上大学的人。 她的母亲是一位单亲母亲，也是一名农场工人，她把两个孩子从墨西哥带来，给他们更好的机会。
“囊状态’s efforts on behalf of Latinx students is crucial to the success of the Latino community.”
“Being Hispanics, we come from families that are very close, and for us to leave our family to get an education was very hard,” Villapando said. “CAMP is a place for all of us to become a family. The amount of support and love we are shown makes me feel at home.”
她说，CAMP是无价的，因为第一代学生在生活中往往没有人可以谈论大学生活的挑战。
“I never once felt that I was alone or helpless, because they were there,” Villapando said. “These programs help Latinx students have a better experience and motivate them to get the education that their parents couldn’t.”
她的计划是2023年毕业后成为一名学校辅导员。 她希望为年轻的第一代学生提供进入高等教育的建议。