Port of Brownsville Honors High School Graduates with $1,000 Scholarships

Updated: July 9, 2022

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 23, 2022 – The Brownsville Navigation District (BND) proudly announces the recipients of the 2022 Port of Brownsville Scholarship, aimed at making a difference in the lives of local students pursuing higher education.

Thirty local high school graduating seniors will receive $1,000 scholarships upon enrollment in a college, university, or technical school. The scholarship winners – selected for their academic performance, community involvement, extracurricular activities, and work experience, as well as for essays penned as part of their applications – attend 15 public and private high schools in the Brownsville and Los Fresnos area.

“The Brownsville Navigation District is proud to support these scholars as they move forward in pursuit of their academic and career goals,” said BND Chairman Esteban Guerra. “These students have demonstrated that they are highly motivated to succeed, and the Port of Brownsville is committed to helping them expand their knowledge and skill sets for the future.”

To date, the scholarship program, created in 2020 by the BND Board of Commissioners, has awarded $94,000 benefiting 94 high school students attending schools within the navigation district.
The 30 graduating seniors eligible for the Port of Brownsville scholarships include:

Brownsville Independent School District
Brownsville Early College High School
Victor Contreras
Jennifer Garcia-Prado
Gladys Porter Early College High School
Amy Castro
Lizeth A. Castillo Pineda
Homer Hanna Early College High School
Dan Thanh Cao
Luis Lopez
James Pace Early College High School
Rubi Alicia Logan
Karyme Itzel Garza
Lopez Early College High School
Manuel Candanoza
Jonathan Rodriguez
Simon Rivera Early College High School
Kayla Guzman
Ethan Lai
Veterans Memorial Early College High School
Vivian Cardona-Orozco
Diego Preciado
First Baptist School
John MacEachern
Annya Delgadillo Tovar
Harmony Public Schools
Harmony School of Innovation
Esmeralda Gomez
Jesus Mendoza
Idea Public Schools
Idea Frontier College Preparatory
Pedro Garcia
Mark Pena
Idea Brownsville College Preparatory
Salvador Palomo
Esteban Garza
Jubilee Academies
Jubilee Brownsville
Leilani Gonzalez
Camille Leilani Ramirez
Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District
Los Fresnos High School
Jennifer Laznovsky
Cassandra Delgado
Saint Joseph Academy
Andrea Arellano
Mildred Verlage
South Texas Independent School District
South Texas ISD Medical Professions
Kassandra A. Rodriguez
Vivian Uribe

The two Senior graduates from Los Fresnos received a $1,000 scholarship from Port of Brownsville. The Brownsville Navigation District (BND) says they are “Proud to support these scholars as they move forward in pursuit of their academic and career goals. Congratulations to all!”

About the Port of Brownsville
The Port of Brownsville is the only deep-water seaport directly on the U.S.-Mexico border and encompasses 40,000 acres – the largest land-owning public port authority in the country. The port transships more steel into Mexico than any other U.S. port. As the major multimodal transportation hub serving the Rio Grande Valley and northern Mexico, the Port of Brownsville supports investment opportunities and jobs.
Activity at the port is responsible for adding more than $2 billion to the regional economy, $3 billion to the Texas economy, and the creation of more than 51,000 jobs statewide. For more information, visit www.portofbrownsville.com