Harvard Student From El Paso Wins Obama Teaching Scholarship
When President Obama won the Nobel Prize in late 2009, he donated his $1.4 million winnings to 10 different charities. Frank Alvarez, CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, knew just what to do with the $125,000 his organization got.
The fund decided to divide the money into 24 $5,000 scholarships for Hispanic students studying STEM-related fields. Award winners would also have shown an interest in giving back to the community and becoming STEM teachers.
One of the recipients is Jesus-Mario Luevano, Jr., 20, of El Paso, who is majoring in molecular and cellular biology with a minor in global health and health policy at Harvard University in Boston.
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