By WENDEE BRUNISH
Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association
The Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association announces the winners of its regional scholarship awards for 2026. In just the fourth year of awarding regional scholarships, due to generous donations from its members, the Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association was able to award six $1,000 scholarships.
Its goal is to support historically under-represented groups in fulfilling their educational and career goals and making significant contributions to their communities, the nation and the planet in all areas of the liberal arts and sciences.
The scholarship awards recognize academic achievement as an indicator of promise for future accomplishments.
All Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association’s scholarship winners have pursued excellence in high school (each earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher), and have plans for pursuing a college education that will enable them to build a career that will allow them to fulfill their professional and personal goals and contribute to making their communities and the world a better place.
The Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association is confident that all awardees will, as scholarship winner Alexandra Otero wrote, strive “to be able to help in whatever room [they] stand!”
Please keep reading to learn about all this year’s outstanding scholarship winners!
Andreeya Garcia, graduating from Santa Fe Indian School, will attend New Mexico Highlands University and plans to major in business. Courtesy/PBK-LA
Ana Silva, from Santa Fe High School, plans to attend the University of New Mexico to study visual art and ultimately hopes for a career in teaching. Courtesy/PBK-LA
Abraham Duran Carrillo, graduating from Capital High School, plans to attend Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and major in biology. Courtesy/PBK-LA
Avery Roser, from Santa Fe High School, plans to attend the University of New Mexico in the fall and pursue a career in speech pathology. She aspires to become a speech therapist for children in hospitals and/or schools and is grateful that this scholarship will help to make her dream possible. Courtesy/PBK-LA
Shyla Trujillo, a graduating senior at Santa Fe Indian School, is thrilled to be attending the University of Portland for her undergraduate studies. She will be majoring in environmental engineering. Courtesy/PBK-LA
Alexandra Otero, graduating from Monte del Sol High School, plans to attend the University of New Mexico to pursue a degree in nursing. Alexandra wants a career where she can support and care for others and seeks an education where she can build the strong clinical skills needed to become a travel nurse. Her ultimate goal is to provide care in different communities and regions both across the country and around the world. Courtesy/PBK-LA
If interested in supporting the Los Alamos Phi Beta Kappa Association’s effort to improve the world through enhancing access to education in the liberal arts and sciences for underrepresented minorities in north-central New Mexico, please send a donation to LA-PBK (memo – regional scholarships) to PBK-LA Coordinating Committee, P.O. Box 5221, White Rock, NM 87547. Donations may also be made via the PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D27D76LXW2MRJ