Festival Students Earn Music Scholarship

Festival Students Earn Music Scholarship

On April 18, 2023, three students in our music education programs received the 2022 Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship for New Mexican Girls of Color, and on May 9, they were honored at a private reception at SITE Santa Fe.

Huge congratulations to Hadleigh LaMay-Mason, Dream Big violinist and violist; Janelle Romero, Strings in Our Schools violinist; and Fernanda Ruiz, Dream Big violinist and violist. We’re so proud of them, and we’re so thrilled that three of the scholarship’s seven awardees are students in our music education programs.

We’d also like to thank Nacha Mendez and the Nacha Mendez Scholarship Committee for their extraordinary support of New Mexican girls of color as they pursue their musical dreams.

Hadleigh LaMay-Mason, age 12, Native American (Diné), Santa Fe, Honorable Mention, Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship

Janelle Romero, age 11, Hispanic, Pecos, Honorable Mention, Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship

Fernanda Ruiz, age 12, Hispanic (Mexican), Santa Fe, Honorable Mention, Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship.