Migrating to a New Educational Frontier: MAPP/Estima

      For decades migrant workers have been unseen, unheard, and mistreated despite being an essential part of our nation's economy. A combination of unfair pay and lack of opportunities and resources has kept these families trapped in poverty and lives of hard work with little to nothing to show for it. However, in the mid-970’s the first step towards changing this was taken by implementing the first program of it’s kind, known as MAPP/Estima. Designed to expose Texas high school migrant students to a university-level curriculum and occupational opportunities, the MAPP/Estima programs made St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas the center point for this advancement in equal opportunity education and the rise of available opportunities for future migrant students.