Maria Contreras receives $40,000 Amazon scholarship

Shay Darroux-Edwards, Social Media Editor
March 31, 2022

Akins teachers and administrators surprised senior Maria Contreras who received a $40,000 scholarship for college and a guaranteed paid internship at Amazon. The scholarship announcement was packed in a plain brown Amazon box that she opened in front of her computer science classmates.

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Shay Darroux-Edwards, Social Media Editor

Grade: 12th
Academy: I am in the New Tech Academy
Number of Years on Staff: This is my first year being a staff member of the Eagle's Eye Newspaper.
Why do you enjoy being on staff? I appreciate being a part of the staff because it exposes me to new situations and provides me with an inside look at what goes on in the Akins student life on a daily basis.
What do you do for fun? For fun, I do digital art and play the piano.
What are your hobbies? My hobbies are digital art, painting, reading, writing, and watching Disney movies.
Hopes & Dreams after high school? I hope to graduate from college with a Masters' Degree in Video game design and get hired to work with Sony.
Hidden Talent: I can play the spoons and am quite flexible. I also know a lot of random fun facts.

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