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Purpose
Marcos Mora, founder and Executive Director of the Barrientos Scholarship Foundation, is a third generation resident of Omaha, Nebraska. Marcos' grandfather immigrated to Nebraska from Mexico in the 1920's.
As a student at Omaha South High School, Marcos, like many of his peers, struggled with the value he was getting out of his education and certainly didn't include attending college in his plans for the future. It took the personal mentorship of local educator Dr. James Ramirez, who understood the socio-economic challenges faced by members of the Latino community, to convince Marcos of the importance of continuing his education and of the need to make sacrifices and overcome the obstacles that he would encounter along the way.
After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and beginning pursuit of a graduate degree, Marcos founded the Barrientos Scholarship Foundation as a means to "pay it forward" to students currently pursuing higher education, formally recognize the value of the mentorship he received from Dr. Ramirez, and to pay homage to his cultural heritage.
Marcos has assembled a Board of Directors that share in that passion. (If you share in that passion and would like to be considered for a position on our Board, please contact us.)
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