DOWNEY, CAFive seniors from Warren High School in Downey are the 2013 recipients of the Future Innovators Scholarships offered by Financial Partners Credit Union, in partnership with the Columbia Memorial Space Center (CMSC).
The Downey-based credit union handed out $5,000 in scholarships to David Gebert, Jonathan Iglesias, Elias Medina, Bernabe Perez, and Nicholas Pio during Warren High Senior Awards Night, held June 5 at the Downey Civic Theater.
"Financial Partners was established in Downey and our original membership was those who worked in aerospace. So it is great to partner with the Columbia Memorial Space Center for this worthy scholarship program that celebrates the long shared history we have with the community, the aerospace industry, and CMSC," said Nader Moghaddam, Financial Partners CEO and CMSC board member. "We applaud these students for their achievements to date and look forward to their future innovations."
"We are proud to support the youth in our community and take pride in helping these students fulfill their educational goals," said Melia Keller, Financial Partners vice president of marketing and public relations, who sits on the scholarship committee.
In 2012, the Future Innovators Scholarship program was created to help encourage the desire for education in sciences among the community students. Financial Partners Credit Union, in partnership with the Columbia Memorial Space Center, offers five $1,000 educational scholarships to local high schools students who have shown an interest in innovation through their participation on the CMSC Robotics Team.
Applicants must be in grades 9
th through 12
th, participate in the Project Lead the Way engineering classes at their school, have a 3.0 or above GPA, volunteer at the CMSC, make the CMSC Robotics Team and actively participate in the program. Applicants are also required to provide a personal video about innovation (no longer than 60 seconds in length).
