10 High School Scholars Awarded College Scholarship Awards from Madison South
Homelessness, dire financial status and other challenges will not stop our Scholarship Award Winners from pursuing higher education. Randy Sproule announced the Committee’s selection of 10 area high school students who will attend MATC in Fall. Each will receive $1,000 the first year and another $1,000 in the second year. Most of these scholars are the first in their families to attend college.Here are the scholarship recipients:
- Marian Vanessa Burgos Ortega. She will pursue computer science
- Scott Castanega. He will pursue a STEM career.
- Juan Ramos Grajales. He plans to attend dental school.
- Barbara Chacin. She plans to become a neurologist.
- Yoselin Torres. She wants to become a nurse.
- Carlos Ruiz. He plans to become a cyber security specialist.
- Anthony Castrol. He will pursue a business degree.
- Laura Perez Montes. A nursing career is her goal.
- Rodrigo Cortez Salto. He plans to become an automotive technician.
- Hijba Ahmadi. She plans to pursue computer science.
Nine of these 10 scholarship winners also have earned other scholarships to help finance their educations.
Madison South had 20 applicants this year and we hope to increase that number in subsequent years. Randy Sproule created a scholarship fund in his parents’ name to provide the second-year awards.
Congratulations to all the scholars and to our Scholarship Committee for making these awards possible.