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Videos: Latino Students Aspire to Health Careers

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More than 100 high school and 20 college students, including many Latinos, were awarded $2,000 scholarships in May 2013 through Kaiser Permanente Northwest’s Health Care Career Scholarship Program.

The program aims to increase and diversify the region’s health care workforce by investing in the professional and personal health of youths.

In five years, nearly $1.25 million in scholarships has been awarded, helping 566 youths to pursue health care careers.

Here are videos featuring several of the Latino recipients.

VIDEOS: Latino Scholarship Recipients Ready to Improve People’s Health

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Watch these great videos of Jocelyn Martinez and Ignacio Gonzalez, just two of the 110 high school seniors and 32 college students awarded a $2,000 Kaiser Permanente Northwest Career Scholarship in 2012. Martinez wants to become a doctor of oncology, and Gonzalez a pediatrician.

The scholarship program encourages diversity in the health care workforce and honors teachers that make a difference in the lives of their students.

To learn more, go here.

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