By Kay Sweeney/ Carmela Paz | Managing Director/ Education Program Coordinator
The 2016 school years begins this week! The new scholarships have been awarded to five young women. Ingrid Estrada, Ingrid Esterlina, Maria Alicia, Darlyn, and Elsa, will join the seven returning students, Aura, Clara, Flory, Glenda, Mayra, Florestina, and Juana, for a total of 12 young women on scholarship for this year. They all are eager to get back to work at school.
One of our priorities is to give scholarships to young women who had to leave school for economic reasons. Ingrid Esterlina is typical of the new students. Her father is dead and her mother is supporting a family of four children. She had to leave elememtary school as funds were short and her family needed her to help at home. After six years, she returned to elementary school and in 2013 finished junior high. She is the only member of her family who has attended school. In 2016, she will go to school to earn her certification as a practical nurse. She feels that she can help her family and Society generally following the career of practical nursing
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