Natalia Palencia
This is my third year at Westchester Community College. I graduated with an associate degree and decided to come back to start my environmental science bachelor’s degree which I will finish off at a four-year school. My parents and I moved to this country from El Salvador when I was three. Since then, we have made my education our priority. It has been hard, and there have been many obstacles along the way, but Westchester Community College has made everything so much easier and provides many opportunities for us students. The Kathryn W. Davis Global Community Scholarship has been a huge blessing to me by making it possible for me to attend school and allowing me to work with people from all around the world in community service projects, which I love doing. I am also very passionate about preserving our planet, and therefore plan on obtaining my degree and working to upkeep and preserve the earth and our scarce resources.