Amazon announces: Providence student wins $40K scholarship & Amazon internship
Editor’s Note: Fridays can be a fast paced “news dump” day of negative news or happenings – or a slow, nothing happening day. How delighted we were to receive this announcement from Amazon’s New England public relations office! We share in its entirety and extend our congratulations to Angel and his family – and The Met. “I am excited to share that a local student from The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center in Providence has been awarded an Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship, including a $40,000 scholarship to study computer Science or engineering at a university of their choosing AND a paid internship at Amazon after their freshman year of college. Angel Feliz is one of 400 high school seniors from underserved communities across the country who will receive this scholarship. Please find photos of Angel and an amazing video of him being surprised with the news : Angel’s Story: An...