Santa Maria girls volleyball vs. Valley Christian Academy, 5 p.m. Cabrillo at SLO Classical Academy, 6 p.m. Lompoc flag football at Morro Bay, 6 p.m. Orcutt Academy girls volleyball vs. Nipomo, 6 p.m.

Long before Dr. Nicolasa “Niki” Sandoval became a nationally respected education leader, she was a first-generation college student trying to figure out what came next.