Congratulations to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Educational Talent Search participants Zulen Pantoja-Ortega and Melina Soto for receiving the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Diversity Scholar Award. The award will provide 45 entering Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ freshmen including Pantoja-Ortega and Soto with a scholarship of $10,000 annually, for a total of $40,000, to attend the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ for four years of undergraduate study.
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Diversity Scholar Award is privately supported by the generous contributions of numerous individuals, organizations, and local businesses, including Costco and Boeing. Recipients of this scholarship are high-achieving underrepresented minority students who will be entering the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ as freshmen.
Both Pantoja-Ortega and Soto are 2013 Mount Vernon High School graduates and look forward to embarking on their academic pursuits as Huskies this fall.