Hispanic Heritage Foundation Honors Outstanding Student
Lane Tech senior awarded scholarship for engineering and math talent
Gabriela Zamora, a senior at Lane Technical College Prep High School, is congratulated by Nicolas Media, ExxonMobil, on receiving the ExxonMobil Engineering and Mathematics Award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. She was one of three area students to be named an ExxonMobil scholar at the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards regional ceremony in Chicago on March 21. As the bronze medalist in the engineering and mathematics category, Zamora received a $1,000 scholarship to support her plans to pursue a degree in biology.
Background Information:
The Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards program offers educational grants to Hispanic high school seniors chosen by regional selection committees based on their academic achievement, leadership, community service, category focus and an essay about the important role their heritage played in their success.
