First recipients of Goizueta scholarships at Abraham Baldwin

<p>Two immigrants in south Georgia have been named as the first recipients of a scholarship program established to help Hispanic students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.</p><p>The scholarships to Ernesto Ortiz Ariza of Tifton and Daniel Andrs Alamo Sequra of Fitzgerald are from the Goizueta Foundation Scholars Fund Endowment, made possible by a $500,000 grant from The Goizueta Foundation of Atlanta in December.</p><p>The foundation, which donates millions of dollars to educational institutions, is named for the late Coca-Cola chairman Roberto C. Goizueta, a Cuban-American who died in 1997.</p><p>Originally from Mexico City, Ortiz Ariza moved to Tifton in 1995 and graduated from Tift County High School. He is president of the National Migrant and Immigrant Youth Board and was recognized by the state Board of Education as the 2004 Georgia Migrant Education Honor Graduate.</p><p>Ortiz Ariza will major in political science and plans to become a lawyer "because I've seen a lot of injustices," he said. "I would like to represent people _ including farm workers and laborers _ and start changing the image of Latino/Hispanic workers and of workers in general."</p><p>Alamo Segura, who is originally from Caracas, Venezuela, moved to Fitzgerald in 1999. He attended Bowens Mill Christian Center, a community school in Fitzgerald where he mentored children and helped with music programs in the community.</p><p>He plans to major in computer science at Abraham Baldwin.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x2866094)</p>

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