Alpine Bank Scholarships are helping 17 graduates of Western Slope high schools attend Colorado Mountain College next fall. We’ve been featuring all 17 scholarship recipients in eNews the past three weeks. Today’s Alpine Bank Scholar spotlight features Arianna Lomeli-Alcala.
Glenwood grads bring hope, determination, creativity
Arianna Lomeli-Alcala, who recently graduated from Glenwood Springs High School, said she wants to be a role model for her two younger siblings. She is the first in her family to graduate from high school and to attend college, a huge step considering her family’s long journey from Guadalajara, transitioning into a new life in the U.S. and learning a second language.
“My impressions must be lasting so that my younger siblings have the courage to explore a world of their own,” she wrote in her scholarship application, “in hopes of having them follow in my footsteps, to make it clear to them we are capable of achieving our life goals.”
Lomeli-Alcala plans to study nursing and eventually become a paramedic.