Fabian Tejada
Jason Morales RN Memorial Scholarship
$1500

I'm Fabian Tejada, an 18 year old Pharmacy Technician, and now officially a 2024 Austin High School Alumni who is passionate about life, science, healthcare, helping others and learning. All of these passions have lead me into wanting to pursue the career of healthcare specifically my upcoming dream of becoming an ICU nurse. There's so many inspirations that come along with this dream of mine specifically my mom. I come from a Hispanic family who struggled through the lows of life, and pursued working at a young age which lead to dropping their education. I wanted to be the change in that family tradition and accomplish those big dreams many thought were impossible. I got the opportunity to study to become certified as a Pharmacy Technician all while also studying to earn my high school diploma. I'm not going to deny the fact that working up to this accomplishment was challenging and at times felt like impossible, yet these emotions didn't stop me. My mother has always taught me to be hardworking and earn each opportunity that's given to you, but most importantly always take advantage of what comes because you will never know if that opportunity will come back. Apart from this I was taught to be humble, kindness and responsibility therefore consider myself lucky to have learnt this and grateful as well. Nursing is a huge dream to accomplish solely because I want patients to have that motivation to always give it their hardest in life and take advantage of those second chances given by life as well as see the beauty of it. My dream is to be an impact to not only patients but also to the families, the friends that colleagues who all share pain and needs of support while in those moments of vulnerability. I'm Fabian Tejada a future ICU Nurse with dreams of helping patients to have that motivation to always give it their hardest in life and take advantage of those second chances given by life as well as see the beauty of it. My dream is to be an impact to not only patients but also to the families, the friends that colleagues who all share pain and needs of support while in those moments of vulnerability. I'm Fabian Tejada a future ICU Nurse with dreams of helping people realize that if I could do it, so could them.

Andruw Tellez
Class of 1973  Scholarship
$1500
 

My name is Andruw Tellez. My parents are Daniel and Maria Tellez and I have an older sister Alyssa Tellez. I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and I will be planning to stay in El Paso to further my academic career and attend the University of Texas at El Paso.

Growing up in El Paso I attended Aoy Elementary and Wiggs Middle School which my mother both worked at the time that I attended those schools and later I would attend Austin High School where my father worked at and graduated from. I began playing sports at the age of 6, starting with football which I would continue to play in middle school and high school. It was also in middle school where I began running track & field which I would also continue to do in high school even winning 2 varsity boys district championships.  

I come from a Mexican household which taught me to adapt to the Mexican culture that El Paso is well known for such as the food, music, traditions, and even a little bit of the language. Some of my favorite Mexican dishes growing up were tacos, burritos, enchiladas, tamales, pozole, tortas, and carne asada. Living in El Paso, I would constantly hear Mexican music being played everywhere I would go, and sooner or later I would start to take a liking to it. Some favorite Mexican artists I like to listen to are Los Tigres de Norte, Vicente Fernandez, Luis Miguel, Peso Pluma, and Selena. Even though I may not be able to speak a lot of Spanish I have always heard it a lot around my house growing up, at family gatherings, and in everyday life. This has inspired me to learn more and more Spanish to be able to communicate with my family members and possibly to meet new people as well.

Mia Pacheco
Eleanor Lyon Duke Memorial Scholarship
$1500

My name is Mia Karely Pacheco. A little about myself is that I’m a Hispanic female, whose currently 18, I have lived in El Paso since I was 5, and the central community is dearly to my heart. As of right now my favorite hobbies are playing the violin and viola and having a night stroll around Austin high school with my mom and sister. I have 4 sibling’s; 2 older brothers, an older sister and a younger sister. My mother is a single mom and has done her absolute best to raise us. Although I grow in hardship and in need, my mom always gave us what we needed and those humbling experiences that were giving to me, have made me into the person I am today. Since I know what struggling feels like, its driving me to have big dreams and ambition to give my family a better standard of living and also give my future kids the life I would have like to have. Since I have always enjoyed math and seeing how the world works, my current goal is to become an engineer, not only an engineer, but a head of engineering. As well as I want to become a person people are able to look up on and depend on and be the true leader, which I know I can be and become. Even though as of right now I’m not where I want to be as a person since I spent most of my high school years as a shy and just overall in the background person, as I move on to my college life I know I’ll give it my best to become an outstanding and exceptional individual.