A young woman has received $40,000 in scholarship funding from Taco Bell after working there during high school.
Crimsyn Price applied for a Taco Bell scholarship for workers, and was awarded $10k during each of the first four years of her undergraduate studies.
Funding from the Mexican restaurant chain made it possible for her to study Biology and Health Sciences at East Tennessee State University—allowing her to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor.
The student from Athens, Tennessee, said she was “shocked” to be one of the lucky recipients of the college grants.
“I really wasn’t expecting it. I come from a rural town and a lot of people there don’t have the money for college, so I am very grateful for the opportunity.
“It has been such a major help in my ambition to become a doctor,” she told SWNS news agency.
“It certainly wasn’t something I thought was going to happen when I started working at Taco Bell at 16.”
Crimsyn worked at Taco Bell during her last two years of high school to help her mother pay the bills and was thrilled to learn that the only steps needed for the scholarship application were her academic records and a two-minute video explaining how the funds would help.
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“Most other scholarship applications I had seen at that point required a lot more work and time than the Live Más scholarship. I think I ended up doing about 50 takes of the video before just deciding to go for it.”
A few months later, her supervisor’s boss, the regional manager, came to her store to announce the results.
“It felt like a really special moment.”
Soon, Crimsyn was accepted into the Honors Scholars Program at the University, meaning she received further funding from the college.
“The money also facilitated me being able to do unpaid internships during my degree, to prioritize my education over a part time job.”
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Since entering college, Crimsyn was able to join an international excursion to Ecuador, where she assisted doctors and graduate students in providing medical care to people.
“It was such a dream to have these experiences. They reminded me why I wanted to be a doctor.
“Our team was able to assist 400-500 patients in that time from rural villages near Quito.
“None of it would have been possible without the Live Más scholarship for Taco Bell employees.”
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Crimsyn is now determined to crush her MCAT testing and get accepted into her ideal medical school—with plans to focus on the importance of communication accessibility for the deaf in local clinics.
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