This quantitative study explored the study that female and first-generation students are often not provided with the mentoring support needed to succeed academically in STEM programs. The study focused on the Mentor Tech students that are students of color that are called proteges. The sample size was 38, and they were all STEM students of color. These students were in their last year at Texas Tech University. The GPA's were gathered by the coordinator and entered into a spreadsheet of all the students of color participating in the mentoring program. Only the students of color seeking a degree in a STEM program were used in the study. A One-way ANOVA was used to understand the difference between the different groups. One of the questions presented in the study was focused on first-generation students. The second question's emphasis was on the difference in the GPAS of male and female students participating in the Mentor Tech program at Texas Tech University. Each of the Null hypotheses was accepted. None of the findings were significant. The null hypothesis was accepted for research question 1. The null hypothesis was also accepted for research question 2. The findings for this study indicated there was not a significance difference in GPAs of first-generation-students of color participating in a mentoring program versus the GPAs of non-first-generation students participating in a mentoring program and the differences based upon gender and status as first-generation students. The recommendations are to focus on recruitment by giving students of color a reason to want to be successful. By focusing on the success of low-income students of color by giving them an incentive to gain a degree in the STEM program. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]