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When Victoria Melero entered her first semester at Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) , she was among the only women in her engineering course of around 15 students. Having just transferred from Loyola Marymount University (LMU) to SBCC, Melero, quite confident in her abilities, began ditching her engineering class, assured that she would be fine despite her absences.
That is until the director of the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program (MESA) confronted her. “I just want to let you know that when you’re one of the only girls, and you’re gone; it’s noticeable,” the director told her.