NTCC student wins prestigious Jack Kent Cooke transfer scholarship

  • Brenda Godoy (right), a previous NTCC Jack Kent Cooke transfer scholarship winner, presents a certificate to Aaliyah Avellaneda, who recently learned she is a winner of the same award. COURTESY PHOTO
    Brenda Godoy (right), a previous NTCC Jack Kent Cooke transfer scholarship winner, presents a certificate to Aaliyah Avellaneda, who recently learned she is a winner of the same award. COURTESY PHOTO

    Aaliyah Merced Avellaneda, a May 2022 graduate from NTCC, is one of 100 recipients of the 2022 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. This highly competitive national scholarship will provide Avellaneda with up to $55,000 a year for a maximum of three years to complete her bachelor’s degree.

    Aaliyah is a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School, a member of St. M…