100 lucky students will each be honored during Sunday's parade with a $2,000 scholarship.
Every year, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade awards 100 scholarships valued at $2,000 each, for a total $200,000, to exceptional students of Puerto Rican descent that are making a difference in their communities.Among those recipients is Tatiana Rodriguez, who followed her older brother in being awarded the scholarship.
"In my essay, I talked about after Hurricane Maria, me and my family flew out to help my grandma and also the people in their neighborhood," Rodriguez explained.She grew up on the island, and now lives in Atlanta."I just read congratulations and I just started screaming in my car," said Cornier.
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