Recently, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso announced a historic $10 million gift that will endow the university’s graduate school and advance the future of biomedical sciences.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso is one of only two health sciences centers in the nation designated as Title V Hispanic-Serving Institutions, preparing the next generation of health care heroes, 48% of whom identify as Hispanic.
In celebration of National Doctors’ Day 2022 in the United States, which fell on Wednesday, March 30, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso announced the creation of the Medical Student Empowerment Fund.
According to Texas Tech, The Medical Student Empowerment Fund will provide scholarships for students who are residents of El Paso County or graduated from El Paso high schools. Seven incoming medical students have been selected for these competitive scholarships, which will be renewed for all four years they attend the Foster School of Medicine.
Valerie Sanchez, a University of Texas at El Paso and San Elizario High School graduate, will start at the Foster School of Medicine this fall. She has worked for the past four years as a medical scribe, documenting physician-patient encounters at three of The Hospitals of Providence locations.
Ian Isaac Reyes moved to El Paso when he enrolled at UTEP nearly six years ago. The Poteet High School (Mesquite, Texas) graduate wanted to be closer to family members in the Sun City.
The other inaugural recipients are:
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