Palm Springs High School student receives ‘Gates Scholarship’ to attend USC
Stephany Herrera, a Palm Springs High School student, is going to attend USC this fall after receiving the prestigious
Gates Scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Herrera was one of 300 recipients of among nearly 35,000 students across the country who were nominated for the scholarship.
Herrera s parents immigrated from Oaxaca, Mexico and she will be the first person in her family to attend college. The scholarship will cover most of her expenses, except for other financial help she also qualified for. I was very emotional because everything would be covered so my parents or I no longer had to pay anything. I was very happy that all my efforts finally became reality, Herrera said.