By WENDEE BRUNISH & JENNIFER MCGRATH
Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association
The Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association is pleased to announce the winners of our 2025 Regional Scholarships. This is our third year of reaching out to high school students in north central New Mexico, beyond Los Alamos County.
Thanks to generous donations from our members, we were able to award five $1,000 scholarships. These are in addition to three scholarships awarded to Los Alamos High School students Uxue Sansinena, Isabella Blair, and Hyunoo Kim.
The scholarships were awarded based on academic excellence and achievements in liberal arts and sciences.
Our scholarship winners plan to pursue a college education that will enable them to fulfill their professional and personal goals and contribute to making their communities and the world a better place.
The 2025 winners are all extraordinarily talented and hard-working students:
Amber Reano, Santa Fe Indian School. Courtesy photo
Amber Reano (Santa Fe Indian School) will be attending the University of Redlands, majoring in business with plans to pursue a career in computer science.
Laila Steen, Santa Fe High School. Courtesy photo
Laila Steen (Santa Fe High School) plans to study critical theory/social justice at Occidental College.
Raquel Pulido, Capital High School. Courtesy photo
Raquel Pulido (Capital High School) will be attending the University of Portland and pursuing a career in nursing.
Hanbi Park, Santa Fe High School. Courtesy photo
Hanbi Park (Santa Fe High School) will be attending Columbia University with an undecided major.
Lauren Barela, Academy for Technology and the Classics. Courtesy photo
Lauren Barela (Academy for Technology and the Classics) will be attending the University of New Mexico to major in biology, and plans to pursue a medical career as an orthodontist or pediatrician.
The students expressed their gratitude for the scholarship awards that will provide funds to help them as they begin their academic careers. They also expressed their excitement and optimism as they pursue their chosen fields. We wish all of our deserving winners the best of luck in their future endeavors and we believe that their success will have a positive impact on their communities and the world.
If you would like to support the Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association’s effort to improve our world through enhancing access to education in the liberal arts and sciences for under-represented groups, including first-generation college students, we would welcome your donation (memo – regional scholarships) to PBK-LA Coordinating Committee, P.O. Box 5221, White Rock, NM 87547. Donations may also be made via the PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D27D76LXW2MRJ.
Please contact pbklosalamosnm@gmail.com with any questions.
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