{"id":15115,"date":"2023-06-16T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=15115"},"modified":"2023-06-15T15:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T21:23:25","slug":"port-of-brownsville-honors-high-school-graduates-with-1000-scholarships-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=15115","title":{"rendered":"Port of Brownsville Honors High School Graduates with $1,000 Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 22, 2023 \u2013 The Brownsville Navigation District (BND) proudly announces the recipients of the 2023 Port of Brownsville Scholarship. This program is in support and encouragement to the pursuit of higher education for students within the district.
Thirty-two local high school graduating seniors will receive $1,000 scholarships upon enrollment in a college, university, or technical school. The scholarship winners \u2013 selected for their academic performance, community involvement, extracurricular activities, and work experience, as well as for essays penned as part of their applications \u2013 attend 16 public and private high schools in the Brownsville and Los Fresnos area.
\u201cOn behalf of the Brownsville Navigation District, we congratulate these students on their commitment to continue their education and learning the skills they need to thrive in the workforce,\u201d said BND Chairman Esteban Guerra. \u201cThe Port of Brownsville is proud to champion our next generation of leaders as they prepare for a bright future.\u201d
To date, the scholarship program, created in 2020 by the BND Board of Commissioners, has awarded $126,000 benefiting 126 high school students attending schools within the navigation district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophia Munoz, Los Fresnos CISD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Madeline Stelzer, Los Fresnos CISD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 32 graduating seniors eligible for the Port of Brownsville scholarships include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brownsville Independent School District
Brownsville Early College High School
Joshua Rodriguez
Allison Marie Silva<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gladys Porter Early College High School
Ezra Esquivel
Ebany LeAnn Mendoza<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homer Hanna Early College High School
Yvannia Paola Mata
Juan Roberto Rivera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Pace Early College High School
Maritza Cantu
Yazmin Ramos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lopez Early College High School
Julissa Amaro Castillo
Jose Hernandez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon Rivera Early College High School
Mia Botello
Emily Marie Morales<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veterans Memorial Early College High School
Daniela Rivera Alanis
Valeria Perez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Baptist School
Abigail Galvan
Felipe Sanchez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harmony Public Schools
Harmony School of Innovation\u202f
Carlos Acalco
Gabriel Kaye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idea Public Schools
Idea Frontier College Preparatory
Jose Blanco
Angel Saldana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idea Brownsville College Preparatory
Delaney Garcia
Maya Leilani Hurtado<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idea Riverview College Preparatory
Regina Cardiel
Maria Navar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jubilee Academies
Jubilee Brownsville
Hannah Garcia
Romina Vazquez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District
Los Fresnos High School
Sophia Munoz
Madeline Stelzer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Joseph Academy
Ashley Cano
Cynthia Gonzales<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Texas Independent School District
South Texas ISD Medical Professions
Chantal Patino
Ricardo Ramos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 22, 2023 \u2013 The Brownsville Navigation District (BND) proudly announces the recipients of the 2023 Port of Brownsville Scholarship. This program is in support and encouragement to the pursuit of higher education for students within the district.Thirty-two local high school graduating seniors will receive $1,000 scholarships upon enrollment in a college, university, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11,10,1],"tags":[67,9,113,25],"class_list":["post-15115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-lfcisd","category-local","category-news","tag-featured","tag-latest","tag-local","tag-los-fresnos-cisd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15121,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15115\/revisions\/15121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}