Duluth High Senior Abraham Quintero Awarded Scholarship

Duluth High School senior Abraham Quintero is among 15 Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) students named recipients of scholarships from the school district’s Foundation.

Each spring, the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation Fund Inc.
awards a number of scholarships to graduating seniors thanks to the generosity of several organizations and community members.

The foundation invites high school seniors from across the district to apply for these scholarships. Selection committees, comprised of GCPS employees and community members, are charged with selecting winners based on an essay, the student’s academic record, and service to their community.

Quintero was awarded a STEM Scholarship. Established in 2013, the scholarship is awarded to one or more GCPS graduating seniors with plans to enroll full-time in an undergraduate college course of study in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.

His essay had a technology theme. Here is an excerpt from his winning essay.

Technology has the power to awe, cure devastating diseases, and even empower an entire community to overcome its educational barriers. I've already started using technology to help my community, but I know that there is much more I can do with the right diploma under my arm. I am becoming an engineer because that will allow me to create innovative devices, processes, and systems that have a global impact....

While at GCPS, applicants should have excelled in academics, demonstrated leadership, and performed service, including school and community activities, volunteerism, and work.

The amount of his scholarship award is $1,000.

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