Desert Star Weekly May 19, 2021 issue!

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May 19, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 38

From left: Oscar Diaz Soto, Madison Eves and Jason Davalos

CSUSB Palm Desert Campus awards three full-ride scholarships By Desert Star Staff These three new scholarship recipients – Oscar Diaz Soto, Madison Eves and Jason Davalos – join 15 other University Legacy Scholars

from the previous three years. Three first-year students attending Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus this fall will each receive a University Legacy

NBC News Staff & City of Indio The City of Indio Thursday opened up applications to be a part of the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) for the 2021-2022 school year. During the 2020-2021 school year, and for only the second time in the group’s history, YAC was represented by an all-female leadership council consisting of 14 members in grades nine to 12 from Indio High School Shadow Hills High School and Xavier College Prep. Even though schools were physically closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, YAC continued to operate virtually via Zoom. YAC also stayed active in the community by creating social media videos for both the 2020 Census and Get Out to Vote campaign.

To aid those who needed necessities due to the pandemic, YAC used its funding to assemble 120 hygiene kits. The kits included a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, lip balm, hand sanitizer, and a facemask and were delivered to the ABC Recovery Center and Coachella Valley Rescue Mission. Six YAC members: Denise Campos-Lagunas, Katherine Escalante, Edna Mora, Kindra Medel, Jaqueline Orozco, and Trinity Hernandez, will graduate 2021, and the City of Indio thanked them for their dedication to the community. Applications to be a part of YAC for the 2021-2022 school year are available here and are due by Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Source: NBC Palm Springs, City of Indio

Scholarship that will cover their full tuition and fees, net of financial aid, for four years, leading to a baccalaureate degree. The recipients are:

Oscar Diaz Soto, Coachella Valley High School; Madison Eves, Rancho Mirage High School; and Jason Davalos, Palm Desert High School.

These three new scholarship recipients join 15 other University Legacy Scholars from the previous three years. The University Legacy Scholarship provides an Continues on Page 5

Indio’s Youth Advisory Council Is Accepting New Applicants


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