Hispanic Women's Conference - ACE Scholarship Recipients

During the Hispanic Women's Conference ten students from each of the Maricopa Community Colleges' ACE Programs are selected to receive a $1000 scholarship to help cover tuition and the cost of books.  This year the two students I nominated were selected to receive the award.  Both ladies come from similar backgrounds, first generation college students, eldest in their family, never really considered college as an option to them.  Both students are stellar students in high school as well as in the ACE Program, hold 4.0 GPA at the colleges, and no lower than 3.5 at their respective high schools.  To protect the anonymity I will not mention their names, however the first young lady is seeking a career in law enforcement, her goal is to get a degree in criminal justice, serve as a police officer with Phoenix Police Department and eventually get into investigations.  The second young lady is seeking a career in public broadcasting and is aiming for admittance to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.  Both young ladies have younger siblings that will hopefully follow in their footsteps by applying to the ACE Program and seek a higher education.  It made my day to see them receive their award that they have worked hard for and have the kind of positive personality that rubs off on all of us here at the college.  Two more ladies that we can expect great things in terms of contributions to all of society.  Congratulations to them for the future they will help create!