The Del Norte AlumKnights awarded 2024 Drawbridge to Success Scholarships of $1,000 to six students and Skilled Trades Scholarships to two students. All are 2024 graduating seniors from Del Norte High School with a history of service to their school and community.
AlumKnights Drawbridge to Success Scholarship
The Drawbridge to Success Scholarship provides one year of support to graduating seniors who are interested in pursuing post-secondary education at a New Mexico institution of higher education and are able to demonstrate an extensive record of service, as exemplified by their participation in both school-based and community-based activities.
2024 Drawbridge to Success Scholarship
Tamana Mohammad Ali
Attending The University of New Mexico
What was your most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School?
The most memorable experience was with the Upward Bound Program. We do monthly events called Saturday Academies. My favorite was the hike to the Petroglyph Volcanos.
What do you intend to study at your college or university?
Nursing.
What do you want to do after you graduate from college?
Start my career as a nurse practitioner.
2024 Drawbridge to Success Scholarship
Asma Sahil
Attending The University of New Mexico
What was your most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School?
My most memorable experience at Del Norte was performing the color-guard for the boys state championship game in 2022. I had never performed in a crowd that big, and I was with some of my closest friends. It was one of the first high school experiences I had that was not held back or different because of covid.
What do you intend to study at your college or university?
I plan on studying sports medicine and psychology.
What do you want to do after you graduate from college?
I want to be an athletic trainer at the college level , or even high school. I love watching sports games and I love helping people so I think I would really enjoy helping athletes recover from injuries. I also wanted to study psychology to be able to mentally help athletes as some aren’t comfortable talking to a therapist or counselor. I want to be able to help them in any way I can.
2024 Drawbridge to Success Scholarship
Nixon Reyes Contreras
Attending The University of New Mexico
What was your most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School?
Competing at the Cross Country State Championships with all my friends.
What do you intend to study at your college or university?
Mechanical Engineering.
What do you want to do after you graduate from college?
I want to work at Sandia Labs and become a bigger part of the community.
2024 Drawbridge to Success Scholarship
Khadeejah Alaa Adawee
Attending The University of New Mexico
What was your most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School?
Crafting a wooden pencil in Del Norte’s woodshop remains one of my favorite memories. It was during my sophomore year that I worked on this project, and even now, that pencil holds a special place in my heart. I spent about a week working on it with the help of my teacher, Mr. Reynolds. Being able to create something that I could use was a great accomplishment.
What do you intend to study at your college or university?
I intend to either continue studying architecture or switch my focus to civil engineering.
What do you want to do after you graduate from college?
After college, I hope to pursue a career in the Middle East, such as the UAE, Qatar, or Saudi Arabia, where modern architecture is in high demand and I can be closer to my family.
2024 Drawbridge to Success Scholarship
Jennifer Huynh
Attending The University of New Mexico
What was your most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School?
My most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte is the activities and clubs I joined. I gained so many skills and knowledge from the activities and clubs. For example, when I first joined DECA I wasnt really social and didnt know much about business, soft skills, and social skills. It taught me how a job interview works and I also learned how to write a resume and increased my social skills.
What do you intend to study at your college or university?
I intend to study psychology and work with children in some type of therapy, speech therapy, mental, physical, etc.
What do you want to do after you graduate from college?
Hopefully become a therapist or something in that field. Be successful and help my mom because she took care of me my whole life so its my turn to take care of her.
2024 Drawbridge to Success Scholarship
Jonathan Frias
Attending The University of New Mexico
What was your most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School?
My first sports assembly.
What do you intend to study at your college or university?
Business Administration
What do you want to do after you graduate from college?
Operations manager at a company.
AlumKnights Skilled Trades Scholarship
The Skilled Trades Scholarship provides a one-year $1,000 scholarship to graduating seniors to graduating seniors who are interested in pursuing a career-oriented, technical, or vocational program of study at a community college or trade school and are a able to demonstrate a commitment to working in a relevant career field.
2024 Skilled Trades Scholarship
Shawn Watson
What was your most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School?
My most memorable experience at Del Norte is the teachers. They helped me get to where I am now. They never gave up on me and made me always do my best.
What do you intend to study?
Welding.
What do you want to do after your training?
I want to get a temporary job to help my mom and to have work experience for when I go to college.
2024 Skilled Trades Scholarship
Edwin Escobar
What was your most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School?
My most memorable experience as a student at Del Norte High School was meeting all of my teachers and friends.
What do you intend to study?
Transportation Technology AAS Degree with concentration in Auto Mechanics.
What do you want to do after your training?
After I graduate I want to go to college to study Mechanics.
Donation Information
If you are interested in supporting future AlumKnights Scholarship awards, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to AlumKnights, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
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You can also mail us a check. Just make the check payable to “AlumKnights, Inc.”, complete our AlumKnights Donation Form and mail it and the check to:
AlumKnights, Inc.
P.O. Box 93056
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87199
When you purchase either a small or large brick for the Del Norte Legacy Brick Garden, the proceeds go to the scholarship fund. A portion of the cost is tax deductible. For more information, visit our Brick Garden Fundraiser page.
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