NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Twenty Native American students are heading to college thanks to a special scholarship opportunity. The New Mexico Gas Company has been awarding the scholarships since 2011, and they are available to students in traditional bachelor’s and graduate degree programs.
The gas company says the $3,000 scholarship provides flexibility for students because it can be used for any education-related expenses, not just tuition. Students at this year’s banquet say they were thrilled to head into higher education so they can give back to their community.
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“I really want to give back to my Native communities. I am pursuing a degree in nursing, and I later want to pursue a Master’s Degree in public health so that I can build capacity in our Native communities, so we can strengthen our infrastructure, so we have lots of sustainability,” says Margaret Quintana, 2025 NASP recipient who will be attending UNM.
“It’s critically important to the future of young Native American children with such a lack of resources in many cases and a lack of doors that create opportunities for them to pursue careers, to pursue higher levels of education. These programs provide those pathways,” says Notah Begay III, Founder of NB3 Foundation and NBC golf commentator…