In the summer of 2018, we awarded three students with a laptop. Click below to read more information about the recipients, as well as the Laptop Scholarship program.
Jazlyn Tovar
Uprising First-Year at the University of New Mexico
To begin with, I have a big future planned ahead of me, which is full of positivity and motivation. My biggest goal is to make my parents proud and let them know how capable I am. I want to prove them wrong by graduating from high school first, since my two older brothers weren't able to graduate from high school. My parents aren’t very aware of how scholarships work or what graduating from high school is like. Having the opportunity to show my parents a different experience from my brothers past academics, has made me have the honor to demonstrate them what it's like to love school and to start new chapters. There support and motivation are the ones that have helped me accomplish many things and helped me to keep going with my life. My next goal is to graduate from high school and proceed to college. I want to attend the University of New Mexico to major in Radiology. I have had a passion to become a radiologist since a couple years ago, due to a project that was assigned to me by my physics class. Becoming a radiologist means a lot to me because I will have a career and a amazing job to move forward with my life and help my parents economically. Since I'm bilingual, I'm proud of speaking Spanish and English because I can translate to those families that have trouble speaking Spanish or understanding English. My goal is to make a change in the hospital environment by helping people feel comfortable with their language.
Getting a laptop would mean a lot to me and my parents because I'm the first member of my family to graduate and receive help to attend college. Having a laptop will help me in college to complete any assignments that will be assigned to me online and I will stop having to go to the public libraries to type any essays, homework, etc. I think it's necessary to own a laptop in college because as I've been informed, a lot of things are handled online other than in person. I believe a laptop will make my life a little easier in college and I will have something less to worry about. In my household, my father is the only one who works and takes care of any utilities needed. My father works in construction, which isn’t a stable job for him, due to sometimes not being called in. His job varies on the seasons, sometimes there's a lot of work and sometimes there isn’t as much. When there isn’t as much work, he gets sent home and most of the time it takes about a week for his boss to call him back in. It’s very stressing and frustrating for my dad when this occurs because he worries about not getting enough hours and money in his paycheck. He also doesn't get the same hours every week, sometimes he makes more hours than the usual, but that’s only when there's a big project being constructed. The only financial support that my family and I receive, is my father's salary. My father and my mother motivate me to not get frustrated with my dreams and to keep going with my academics to attend college.
I just wanted to thank the donors and anyone who donated money for me to receive a laptop for college. This laptop will make a big difference in college for me, due to now being able to complete my assignments such as homework, essays, notes, etc, at home, and not at a public library. Receiving a laptop is the best thing ever, since I never owned a laptop. My parents and I are extremely thankful and will always remember there were people to help me proceed with my dreams.