Club announces scholarship winners

The Mexican American Citizens Club awarded 15 college scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year.

These scholarships total $6,750 and are given to college students of Mexican descent, according to a news release from the Mexican American Citizens Club.

The 15 scholarship recipients will be honored at 4:30 p.m., Aug. 17, during a scholarship dinner at St. Anthony Church Hall, 1305 E. Erie Ave. in Lorain.

The awards ceremony will begin at 6 p.m.

A Mexican meal will be served at a cost of $10 and the money raised at this dinner will go toward the 2020 scholarships, according to the release.

This is the 27th year the Mexican American Citizens Club has awarded college scholarships.

To date, the Mexican American Citizens Club has awarded 249 college scholarships totaling $117,750., the release said.

Students receiving scholarships and schools of attendance are:

• Roberto Flores, John Hopkins University

• Damacio Martinez, Franciscan University of Steubenville

• Nicolas Nunez, Lorain County Community College

• Nathan Nunez, Dartmouth College

• Jonathon Lesiecki, University of Toledo

• Taylor Soto, The Ohio State University

• Carson Marks, University of Toledo

• Corina Barranco, Lorain County Community College

• Destanie Camarillo, Case Western Reserve University

• Alejandro Reyes, John Carroll University

• Daymiah Leyva, Miami University

• Haley Haas Kent, State University

•Tyler Haas, Hiram College

Alivia Ybarra, The Ohio State University

• Jessica Camarillo, Florida Institute of Technology

The Mexican American Citizens Club has been in existence since the 1950s. It meets monthly at St. Anthony Church.

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