Five Educators Named Recipients of 2020 Zaffirini Teachers’ College Student Loan Debt Grants
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Courtesy Steve Harmon,
(Laredo, Texas)-The holidays are the season of giving, and five Laredo educators have been given generous grants to help them reduce their college student loan debts through a program established by Carlos Zaffirini, Jr. honoring his mother, State Senator Judith Zaffirini.
In a reception Monday at Texas A&M International University’s (TAMIU) Senator Judith Zaffirini Student Success Center, the 2020 recipients of The Senator Judith Zaffirini Teachers’ College Student Loan Debt Grant were named.
The honorees, recognized for their exemplary dedication to Laredo students, are Gloria S. Becerra (’99), kindergarten teacher, Juarez Lincoln Elementary (United Independent School District); Dr. Gilberto Martinez (’11) , assistant professional of Theatre Arts, TAMIU; Prakash K. Mansinghani (’10, ’11) , associate professor of Government, Laredo College (LC); Rebecca Mendoza (’12), fifth grade teacher, Heights Elementary (Laredo Independent School District), and Sandy Webb (’13), English teacher, St. Augustine Catholic School. All five honorees are TAMIU alumni.
