scholarships

July 2022 | Vol.3, Iss. 11 Congratulations RGV LEAD Scholarship Recepients! Congratulations to the RGV LEAD Class of 2022 Scholarship Recipients! RGV LEAD, through the efforts of fundraisers provided by the RGV LEAD board members, was proud to announce the expansion of the scholarship funds to one $5,000 scholarship and four $1,000 scholarships. The goal is to increase scholarship funds in 2023 to allow more students to benefit from scholarships for their educational careers. RGV LEAD wishes all RGV LEAD Scholarship recipients and the Class of 2022 the best in their continued educational journey. Pictured left with Luis [...]

January 2021 | Vol.3, Iss. 5 RGV LEAD Scholarship Increases Monetary Awards  There’s great news in the Rio Grande Valley! Thanks in part to the Shooting for Success skeet shoot and through the generous contributions of RGV LEAD partners, the traditional $5,000 RGV LEAD scholarship will continue to be awarded to one student. It will be paid out over two years. Additionally, four RGV LEAD scholar-ships of $1,000 each will be awarded to four recipients and will be paid out in one payment. READ MORE >

22nd ANNUAL RGV LEAD SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

Vol.2, Iss. 9 | May 2021 Edward Padilla RGV LEAD Scholarship Recipient Congratulations are in order for Edward Padilla of Sharyland High School for being selected as the 2021 RGV LEAD $5,000 scholarship recipient! He was selected from a field of almost 100 applicants. Edward submitted the RGV LEAD application which required letters of recommendation, a list of Career & Technical Education courses taken, in high school, his grade point average and ranking, and a personal essay. The pre-scholarship committee reviewed all applications and narrowed the list to 12 finalists. From there, the top three applicants were [...]

Vol. 2, Iss. 5 | January 2021 Former RGV LEAD Scholarship Recipient is Guest Speaker David Leal is a Director at Bank of America Securities in the bank’s Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Corporate Banking practice. David Leal, the guest speaker for the RGV LEAD Regional Conference, grew up in the Rio Grande Valley and is a native of McAllen, Texas. David was the recipient of RGV LEAD’s first-ever scholarship (formerly known as the Dr. Lauro Cavazos Tech Prep Scholarship). “Receiving the Dr. Lauro Cavazos scholarship from RGV LEAD after high school not only provided a significant financial [...]