Alamosa County is very excited to announce that Kayleigh Garcia and Joaquin Salinas were recently awarded the Bright Future Scholarship.  Kayleigh is a student at Adams State University and is on the Vice President's Honor Roll, carrying a 3.87 GPA. She was selected as the sole student member of the Student Success Equity Initiative, an esteemed committee that includes the university president, vice presidents, faculty and other administrators. Her role in this committee requires a high level of maturity, insight and confidence as she actively contributes to discussions about institutional strategies for student success and equity.

Joaquin has a 3.9 GPA, which has earned him a spot on the Dean's List each semester. He volunteers as a DJ for CU Boulder's radio station and has the only hip hop show that has ever aired. He is an active member of "United Mexican American Students (UMAS) y Mecha", he is majoring in media production with a minor in film and in January 2025 he released his first documentary, "Us (...) Them" in which he depicts his experience with de facto segregation while attending middle school. In April 2025 he wrote a creative non-fiction story, "Somos Mas Americanos" which was published in the magazine, Hindsight.