Platinum scholar wants to become surgeon
Los Alamos High School senior Lawrence Cai is the recipient of the four-year, $6,000-a-year platinum scholarship from the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund. The fund is administered through the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation.
"I have always been fascinated with the intricacy and fragility of the human body, and I want to help those in need in a practical and precise manner. Being a surgeon would give me an incredible opportunity to offer that help and develop new surgical procedures,” said Cai of his future goals.
The three recipients of the four-year, $3,000-a-year gold scholarships are Mary Bissell of Peñasco High School, Stephanie Catherine Louis of St. Michael’s High School in Santa Fe, and Benjamin Mitchell of Taos High School.
The silver scholars, who will receive $2,000 per year for four years, are Peer Hofstra of Monte del Sol in Santa Fe, Luwen Huang of Santa Fe High School, Jacob Izraelevitz of Los Alamos High School, Nicholas Mora of St. Michael’s High School, Kaitlin Paulson of Los Alamos High School, and Heather Radosevich of Española Valley High School.
The Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund encourages Laboratory employees, retirees, and subcontract personnel to donate to a fund that awards college scholarships to Northern New Mexico students. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of grade point average, test scores, diversity, need, academic rigor, leadership, and community involvement.
Six different types of scholarships are awarded each year, including platinum, gold, silver, bronze, turquoise, and leadership.
To see a list of all the scholarship recipients, click here.
The Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund program began in 1998. Since its inception, about 360 scholarships have been awarded, and Laboratory employees have donated more than $1.5 million to the fund.
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