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LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Two Southern California high school seniors were awarded a prestigious $20,000 scholarship and honored as one of Coca-Cola’s annual scholars.
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Each year, only 150 students out of tens of thousands nationwide are chosen for this scholarship.
Andres Gonzalez, a student at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, and Axel Berganza, a Mendez High School student in Boyle Heights, were both selected for the scholarship.
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Gonzalez will be attending Harvard University this upcoming fall, while Berganza will be headed to Stanford University. Berganza was an intern at Stanford’s department of pathology. He’s also the co-developer of a UCLA-affiliated mental health app serving underresourced communities.
Both students were recently in Atlanta, Georgia, to be recognized for this achievement as a Coca-Cola Scholar.
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