GALT, Calif. — The Taco Bell Foundation has awarded a record $14.5 million in Live Más Scholarships to more than 1,500 students nationwide, marking the largest class in the program’s history.
The scholarship program, which recognizes students based on passion and ambition rather than grades alone, received more than 41,000 applications this year, the highest total ever recorded.
Applications nearly tripled year over year after the Foundation introduced a new option that allowed students to apply via either a video or a written essay…