Isla Scholarship Program Update - Part Two

​👩🏽‍💻 Jaqueline is a nursing student who lives on Isla Mujeres in the colonia La Gloria, and has a dream of becoming a nurse. She has been accepted and started studying in Valladolid at the University of Valladolid, Yucatan, a well respected school. Her mother is a homemaker and her father (Russel Alonzo) is a waiter at a restaurant here on Isla. She also has a 4 yr old younger sister. Jaqueline has had a dream to become a nurse to help others for a long time. She is also dedicated to her family and hopes that one day she can step in and help her younger sister achieve her dreams as well. Her GPA is an 8.5 - a very respectable average! Here are her own words about it: “In the future I would like to travel to new places where they will need my professional nursing skills, see new horizons, and also help my little sister as you are helping me, since at some point in life we will no longer be living at home and I could pay for her education. I do it because I love my little sister, and the children for whom I would like to treat and care for when I have my profession as a nurse.” Her expenses as a nursing student will be a bit more than the average student. She will have to buy uniforms and a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope for starters. I am sure there will be other extra costs. At this time we have just 3 sponsors on her team, and need to fill it out with at least 5 more.
We are starting both students at $6,000 pesos/month, but would like to increas their monthly stipend to $9,000 (about $460usd/month). With enough team members each pledging what they are comfortable with, we can easily reach these goals! Their monthly expenses include not only registration, tuition and books but also living expenses like rent, food, utilities and transportation to school. We have helped with computers when necessary, since education is no longer possible without one. To graduate a student from university here in Mexico, it is about $25,000 USD total over about 4 years. With many sponsors contributing, it is an easy goal to meet! We hope you are interested in hopping on a team, or know someone you can invite to join with you. I have heard many times from sponsors that they get far more out of participating in this program than they give. It is a very rewarding experience to make a true difference in a young adult's life. Following their dreams and getting a university education has ripple effects far beyond themselves! Thanks for considering this, and we hope to hear from you! (If you don’t want to make a year-long commitment, donations of any amount are happily accepted to help with extra expenses and special needs. Paypal to [email protected])