Colonias youth scholars get help for college
Five students from the Colonias Youth of the Month recognition program have received a major boost to pursue a college education courtesy of Laredo Community College and the Texas A&M University Center for Housing and Urban Development-Colonias Program. Pictured with college officials, the recipients of $1,000 scholarships are, from left, Colonias program coordinator Sara Buentello, Esperanza Alaniz, Glen Peña, Veronica Ruiz, Alejandra de la Cruz, Sylvia Davila and LCC South Provost Francisco Martinez Jr. The Colonias program awarded two scholarships, while LCC presented three scholarships through its Herman B. and Lilla May O’Keefe endowed scholarship fund and Satterfield and Pontikes Scholarship fund.
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