Scholarship 2025 – N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts

2025 NASA Launch Into Higher Education

The Fundraising Committee at NEW Academy of Science and Arts takes pleasure in announcing one $1,000
scholarship for a NASA alumni currently in 12th grade and pursuing post-secondary education. Our goal is to promote
the importance of higher education and plant the seed in the imagination of our current and former students to dream
big, to help them understand that their efforts will bare fruit, and to encourage them to continue their education.

Scholarship applications are available at the main office located in our Loma campus and online at www.newnasa.org. All NASA alumni who have been admitted to AND have enrolled in an institution of higher learning for Summer or Fall 2025 are welcome to apply. To be considered for a scholarship, students must complete/gather the following prerequisites and submit them to the main office located in our Loma campus no later than Friday, May 16th 2025.

1. Application form [Download the Scholarship Application Form Here]
2. An essay responding to the following question: How will higher education positively affect yourself, your family, and community?
3. Copy of most recent high school transcript
4. Proof of enrollment at an institution of higher learning
5. Two letters of recommendation (Note: One letter must be from a current or former teacher. The second letter may
come from another community member, such as coach, church leader, after-school instructor, school staff member,etc.)

After reviewing applications and accompanying documents, the committee will select candidates to be interviewed and then select one student to receive a scholarship award. Interviews will occur in the week of May 26th, we will communicate interview times via email. The scholarship recipient will be recognized at the NASA 5th grade culminating ceremony on Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, starting at 9:00 a.m. Funds will be released to the students at this time; therefore, the winner must be present to share a few words with our NASA class of 2025. Again, it is our hope to instill the value of higher education in our former students as well as current students, even at this early age. We believe in their efforts and wish to encourage them as they move forward in their education.

Past Scholarship Winners

Bryan Hernandez

I graduated high school with a weighted GPA of 4.2 and was the recipient of the Posse Scholarship which is a full-tuition scholarship that took me to Pennsylvania. I stuck to the course throughout Covid and recently graduated in May 2023. During my college career I got to accomplish things beyond my wildest dreams. The summer after my sophomore year I interned for Bloomberg L.P. in their headquarters in New York City. The following semester I studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark where I was able to intern and travel Europe. Spring semester of my junior year I interned in commercial real estate with JLL through a program called Project Destined. I also joined a fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, and got inducted into a secret honors society at my school known as The Order of the Scroll in Key. The summer following my junior year I returned to New York to intern with J.P. Morgan which is where I am working today full-time. During my time in school I also served in philanthropic events through clubs and my fraternity. I was the proud president of the Latin American and Caribbean Club which gave me a platform to create events and reach more people. I am happy to give back in any way that I can. I can never forget the $1,000 scholarship that NASA provided me with as well, it went a long way to cover my college expenses.