Missouri teen donates college savings to high school students He just has a heart for people, counselor Yolanda Curry said of Joshua Nelson.
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A Missouri teen who saved $9,000 to pay for his college tuition is now paying it forward after earning a college scholarship worth $43,000.
“He just has a heart for people,” said
Yolanda Curry, counselor at St. Charles West High School, of 18-year-old student
Joshua Nelson.
“I plan to go to Southeast Missouri State (SEMO) and go into their pre-optometry program. I’ll be majoring in bio-medical sciences,” said Nelson. He explained to
Good Morning America on Wednesday that the money he had been saving up for months to pay for his college tuition will now support the higher learning goals of his fellow classmates. The move was inspired after he was awarded the President’s Scholarship from SEMO, considered the university’s “most prestigious” (valued at $43,000) and awarded to five top students a