When Cameren Hicks graduated from Kent State University in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and a minor in finance, he knew he wanted to build a career rooted in numbers, problem-solving and analysis.Today, Hicks is a fraud modeling and analytics lead associate at KeyBank, where he helps protect customers and the company against fraudulent credit and debit card activity.A First-Generation Student With a Passion for MathHicks, a first-generation college graduate, said math always came naturally to him.“I was always into math in high school,” he said. “In high school, I did s...