KPRC 2 Senior Scholarship: Summer Creek High School’s Alejandro Martinez Mejorada grows through creative outlets
HOUSTON – KPRC 2 and American Furniture Warehouse are surprising 20 deserving high school seniors with $2,500 scholarships in 2024. All students selected for scholarships have been nominated by their high schools.
The twentieth KPRC 2 Senior Scholarship winner from the Class of 2024 is Alejandro Martinez Mejorada. He is a recent graduate of Summer Creek High School, which is part of the Humble Independent School District.
Martinez is interested in physical fitness and spends time exercising, reading, working on jigsaw puzzles and playing video games. He has practiced piano and turned to art as a form of self-expression after the loss of a close family member. He is also working to learn the Japanese language and is currently a year into his studies.
With plans to attend Lone Star College this fall, Martinez hopes to pursue the study of dentistry.
You can see the scholarship surprise for Alejandro Martinez Mejorada in the video player at the top of this article.
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