As an NCAA Student-Athlete and Dean’s List Student, my athletic journey has shaped me into a resilient and innovative individual eager to make an impact on others. Playing on the Women’s Golf team for Southwestern University, I was honored to receive the 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year Award. However, beyond accolades, my experiences as a student-athlete have taught me invaluable life lessons and provided a platform to influence others positively. Balancing the demands of collegiate athletics with academic responsibilities and personal challenges has been transformative. Navigating the pressures of living independently for the first time, managing schoolwork, and handling financial obligations often felt overwhelming. Golf became my sanctuary, a space where I could channel my stress and anxiety into focus and performance. From middle school to collegiate golf, the sport has been a constant teacher, imparting lessons in patience, work ethic, and adaptability—skills that extend far beyond the golf course. One of the most profound lessons golf has taught me is the importance of integrity. Upholding honesty in a sport that relies on self-regulation has reinforced my commitment to ethical behavior in all aspects of life. Additionally, golf has cultivated my creativity. When faced with challenging lies or shots, I have learned to think outside the box and devise innovative solutions. This ability to adapt and create opportunities has transformed how I approach both academics and professional endeavors. For instance, during a conversation with the CEO of a company I interned with, he emphasized the importance of creativity and problem-solving for success in executive roles. His insights resonated deeply with my experiences in golf, where innovation often leads to success. Whether developing unique strategies on the course or contributing fresh ideas to clubs, organizations, and internships, I have carried this lesson into every aspect of my life. By leveraging creativity and resilience, I aim to inspire others to approach challenges with a solution-oriented mindset. The skills I’ve honed through golf—patience, hard work, integrity, and creativity—have opened countless opportunities and shaped my approach to leadership and teamwork. These lessons are not just tools for personal success but also for empowering others. As I continue my collegiate and professional journey, I am committed to sharing these values and helping others find their path to growth and achievement. My athletic journey has been more than a pursuit of excellence; it has been a foundation for making a lasting impact on those around me.

I have been blessed to be naturally gifted at understanding mathematics. Since math is such a fundamental part of many careers and majors, prioritizing taking high-level math classes throughout high school has opened many doors for me in college. While most of my college peers were wary of taking math classes like Calculus and Statistics, I enjoyed and excelled in them. Entering my first year of college, I looked forward to these classes and others I took that relate to math like accounting, economics, and computer science. As a student at Southwestern University, I am required to take a wide variety of classes. Although this has many positive aspects to it, like being a more well-rounded individual, I often found these classes challenging due to their subjective nature. It was taking difficult classes like these that made me realize why I am naturally drawn to mathematics. I learned that the structure and ability to come to a definite answer in math made me love the subject. Ever since coming to this realization, not only have I prioritized taking classes with more structure in them, but I have also worked on my academic weaknesses and pushed myself to think outside the box in less structured classes that I once struggled in. Another reason I enjoy math is because of the various career paths it leads to. Since I am drawn to math, I decided to pursue a degree in Financial Economics and Data Science. This path is best for me because it requires classes that are heavily math based while also allowing me to practice my networking skills. I am excited to enter the field of business finance after graduating from Southwestern University and applying math to data analytics which is a major component of the finance industry. In my current internship working in the commercial department at a chemical company, I have seen how closely algebraic math and data analytics are tied together. Being able to isolate variables and manipulate formulas has made me very useful as an intern to my managers and the company. Not only is a good understanding of math useful in school, but I have often found math helpful when applying it to golf. As a NCAA Student-Athlete playing Women’s golf for Southwestern University, I am always looking for ways to improve my golf game. Taking a more analytical approach to the game has helped me identify my weaknesses and isolate the areas of my game where I am giving up the most strokes. Using math to analyze my golf game allowed me to be more efficient in my practice time and helped me with time management between school and golf. Mathematics has shaped my understanding of the world by helping me realize my strengths and weaknesses. I have learned that I can apply my math strengths to my weaknesses that are present in all aspects of my life. Taking my use of math to the next level and using it to help me decide what major to choose, which career I should pursue, and how to improve my golf game, is the reason I was able to get the 2023 Freshman Golfer of the year for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference while maintaining a 4.0 GPA and Dean’s List Student. After one year of college and embracing mathematics in my life, I have already seen drastic improvements in my weaknesses and I look forward to using math to benefit my life in the future.

I am a Financial Economics major and a Data Science minor. My drive for success has allowed me to maintain a 4.0 GPA while also being a NCAA Student-Athlete. I play on the Women’s Golf team for Southwestern University, recently winning the 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year Award. I am also an officer for the Southwestern University’s Business Club, an Elected representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, and a member of the Tri Delta Sorority. I have been blessed with the opportunity to accomplish many great things that I am very proud of in my first year of college, but the thing I am most proud of is being an older sister. As the oldest child in my entire extended family, it is in my nature to help other people. My whole life I have always had younger siblings and cousins looking up to me to set a good example and pave the way for the kids in our family. In college, I have taken on a similar role for the people around me. As a first child, my instincts to help others led me to one of my good friends, A boy from Mexico, who plays on the Men’s golf team, and was the first in his family to go to University in the United States. From helping him navigate his way through taking classes in a different language to teaching him how to do his laundry, my older-sibling instincts kicked in and allowed me to think quickly on my feet, organize and deal with many aspects of college that were going on at once, and be companionate towards others. In my future career in Business Finance, I will have a positive impact on the world around me by relying on my first-child instincts to help others. Not only do I want to just help those around me, but I want to be a mentor to the Hispanic Women that enter the Business Finance field after I do. Being a male-dominated industry, very few high-level positions are filled by women, and even fewer are filled by Hispanic women. In my personal experience, I have found it discouraging that I cannot relate to any of my mentors through gender or ethnicity. I believe that if Hispanic girls grow up seeing more women that they can relate to in high-level positions, they are more likely to strive for greatness. The Hulede Collegiate Golf Scholarship will help me accomplish my goal of being a mentor for Hispanic Women in the field of Business Finance by relieving some of the financial burdens that come along with college. By receiving this scholarship, I will be able to focus on my school, extracurriculars, and my goal of helping the future of Hispanic Businesswomen.

I am a NCAA Student-Athlete with a 4.0 GPA and Dean’s List Student. I play on the Women’s Golf team for Southwestern University, recently winning the 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year Award. I am also an officer for the Southwestern University’s Business Club, an Elected representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, and a member of the Tri Delta Sorority. In my freshman year, I often found myself overwhelmed by the combination of living on my own for the first time and the organizations and clubs I was involved in. Golf was the perfect outlet to work out my stress and anxiety about school and anything else that came up. From middle school to collegiate golf, the sport has taught me many life lessons. In my seven years of playing competitive golf, I have learned patience, work ethic, and how to step back and adjust when put in a difficult situation. I have applied these skills to my current internship, working in the commercial department at a chemical company. When given difficult tasks, I feel comfortable organizing all my given information and forming a game plan to accomplish my projects in a timely manner. My day-to-day work in my internship is different than anything I have experienced in a school setting. I feel more pressure to perform well at work because the decisions I make have real impacts on my managers and the company. Because of the work ethic I have obtained and refined through collegiate golf, I believe I have an upper hand over other students my age. I will use my knowledge and experience from golf as I continue to go to school and enter the workforce. Golf has also taught me how to be creative and think outside the box. When presented with a difficult lie or shot, I have learned to take what I know and use it to come up with other golf shots that I haven’t used before. Creating opportunities for myself on the course has helped me see school and work from a different perspective. In talking with the CEO of the company I am interning at, I gained his insight on what we believes are important qualities to have to be successful as a CEO. He emphasized how important it is for executive positions, managers, and directors, to have the ability to be creative with their positions. Like in golf, to be the best employee or boss, one must be able to capitalize on the good aspects of their company by thinking outside the box to make it better. I know that I can do this moving forward with the various clubs and organizations I participate in and in my current internship. I have seen all the lessons and skills I’ve gained through golf bleed into my life outside of the sport through the countless opportunities that have opened for me by being a hard worker and always going back to what I have learned on the course. These are lessons I will cherish for the entirety of my collegiate and professional careers.

I am a Financial Economics major and a Data Science minor. My drive for success has allowed me to maintain a 4.0 GPA while also being a NCAA Student-Athlete. I play on the Women’s Golf team for Southwestern University, recently winning the 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year Award. I am also an officer for the Southwestern University’s Business Club, an Elected representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, and a member of the Tri Delta Sorority. I have been blessed with the opportunity to accomplish many great things that I am very proud of in my first year of college, but the thing I am most proud of is being an older sister. As the oldest child in my entire extended family, it is in my nature to help other people. My whole life I have always had younger siblings and cousins looking up to me to set a good example and pave the way for the kids in our family. In college, I have taken on a similar role for the people around me. In my freshman year of college, I was the only underclassman to consistently make the travel roster for my school golf team. Despite my teammates being two-plus years older than me, I could always keep up with them in regard to my maturity level and my drive, not just the tee shot, but my drive to set myself up to be successful in the future. Being around older students that were academically focused and good role models helped me realize that I want to be that for my current and future teammates as well. Golf has taught me many lessons about life, like patience, work ethic, and accountability, but most importantly, golf has opened my eyes to who I want to be in the future and what mission I want to fulfill as a Business Woman. In my future career in Business Finance, I will have a positive impact on the world around me by relying on my first-child instincts to help others. Not only do I want to just help those around me, but I want to be a mentor to the Women that enter the Business Finance field after I do. Through my knowledge of golf and the business finance industry, I will help the future of women in business by teaching women how to golf and the fundamentals of networking. The Samuel D. Memorial Scholarship will help me accomplish my goal of being a mentor for women in the field of Business Finance by relieving some of the financial burdens that come along with college. By receiving this scholarship, I will be able to focus on my school, extracurriculars, and my goal of helping the future of Business Women.

I am a Financial Economics major and a Data Science minor. My drive for success has allowed me to maintain a 4.0 GPA while also being a NCAA Student-Athlete. I play on the Women’s Golf team for Southwestern University, recently winning the 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year Award. I am also an officer for the Southwestern University’s Business Club, an Elected representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, and a member of the Tri Delta Sorority. I have been blessed with the opportunity to accomplish many great things that I am very proud of in my first year of college, but the thing I am most proud of is being an older sister. As the oldest child in my entire extended family, it is in my nature to help other people. My whole life I have always had younger siblings and cousins looking up to me to set a good example and pave the way for the kids in our family. In college, I have felt a similar sense of responsibility in regard to helping the women around me. Although being a part of many clubs and organizations has been a great experience, it has also opened my eyes to the gender inequalities in business finance, in the state of Texas. In my future career in Business Finance, I will have a positive impact on the world around me by relying on my first-child instincts to help women break through the glass ceiling just as I plan to do. Being a male-dominated industry, very few high-level positions are filled by women, and even fewer are filled by Hispanic women. In my personal experience, I have found it discouraging that I cannot relate to any of my mentors through gender or ethnicity. This has motivated me to take action in confronting gender disparity throughout my school as an officer of the Southwestern University Business Club and member of the Tri Delta Sorority. I know I can make a bigger impact in the workforce when I graduate college and I believe that if girls grow up seeing more women that they can relate to in high-level positions, they are more likely to strive for greatness. The Texas Women Empowerment Scholarship will help me accomplish my goal of being a mentor for women in the field of Business Finance by relieving some of the financial burdens that come along with college. By receiving this scholarship, I will be able to focus on my school, extracurriculars, and my goal of helping the future of women in high-level positions in various industries and confronting gender disparity.

I am a Financial Economics major and a Data Science minor. My drive for success has allowed me to maintain a 4.0 GPA while also being a NCAA Student-Athlete. I play on the Women’s Golf team for Southwestern University, recently winning the 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year Award. I am also an officer for the Southwestern University’s Business Club, an Elected representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, and a member of the Tri Delta Sorority. I have been blessed with the opportunity to accomplish many great things that I am very proud of in my first year of college, but the thing I am most proud of is being an older sister. As the oldest child in my entire extended family, it is in my nature to help other people. My whole life I have always had younger siblings and cousins looking up to me to set a good example and pave the way for the kids in our family. In college, I have taken on a similar role for the people around me. As a first child, my instincts to help others led me to one of my good friends, A boy from Mexico who was the first in his family to go to University in the United States. From helping him navigate his way through taking classes in a different language to teaching him how to do his laundry, my older-sibling instincts kicked in and allowed me to think quickly on my feet, organize and deal with many aspects of college that were going on at once, and be companionate towards others. In my future career in Business Finance, I will have a positive impact on the world around me by relying on my first-child instincts to help others. Not only do I want to just help those around me, but I want to be a mentor to the Hispanic Women that enter the Business Finance field after I do. Being a male-dominated industry, very few high-level positions are filled by women, and even fewer are filled by Hispanic women. In my personal experience, I have found it discouraging that I cannot relate to any of my mentors through gender or ethnicity. I believe that if Hispanic girls grow up seeing more women that they can relate to in high-level positions, they are more likely to strive for greatness. The Ruebenna Greenfield Flack Scholarship will help me accomplish my goal of being a mentor for Hispanic Women in the field of Business Finance by relieving some of the financial burdens that come along with college. By receiving this scholarship, I will be able to focus on my school, extracurriculars, and my goal of helping the future of Hispanic Businesswomen.

I have been blessed to be naturally gifted at understanding mathematics. Since math is such a fundamental part of many careers and majors, prioritizing taking high-level math classes throughout high school has opened many doors for me in college. While most of my college peers were wary of taking math classes like Calculus and Statistics, I enjoyed and excelled in them. Entering my first year of college, I looked forward to these classes and others I took that relate to math like accounting, economics, and computer science. As a student at Southwestern University, I am required to take a wide variety of classes. Although this has many positive aspects to it, like being a more well-rounded individual, I often found these classes challenging due to their subjective nature. It was taking difficult classes like these that made me realize why I am naturally drawn to mathematics. I learned that the structure and ability to come to a definite answer in math made me love the subject. Ever since coming to this realization, not only have I prioritized taking classes with more structure in them, but I have also worked on my academic weaknesses and pushed myself to think outside the box in less structured classes that I once struggled in. Another reason I enjoy math is because of the various career paths it leads to. Since I am drawn to math, I decided to pursue a degree in Financial Economics and Data Science. This path is best for me because it requires classes that are heavily math based while also allowing me to practice my networking skills. I am excited to enter the field of business finance after graduating from Southwestern University and applying math to data analytics which is a major component of the finance industry. In my current internship working in the commercial department at a chemical company, I have seen how closely algebraic math and data analytics are tied together. Being able to isolate variables and manipulate formulas has made me very useful as an intern to my managers and the company. Not only is a good understanding of math useful in school, but I have often found math helpful when applying it to golf. As a NCAA Student-Athlete playing Women’s golf for Southwestern University, I am always looking for ways to improve my golf game. Taking a more analytical approach to the game has helped me identify my weaknesses and isolate the areas of my game where I am giving up the most strokes. Using math to analyze my golf game allowed me to be more efficient in my practice time and helped me with time management between school and golf. Mathematics has shaped my understanding of the world by helping me realize my strengths and weaknesses. I have learned that I can apply my math strengths to my weaknesses that are present in all aspects of my life. Taking my use of math to the next level and using it to help me decide what major to choose, which career I should pursue, and how to improve my golf game, is the reason I was able to get the 2023 Freshman Golfer of the Year for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference while maintaining a 4.0 GPA and Dean’s List Student. After one year of college and embracing mathematics in my life, I have already seen drastic improvements in my weaknesses and I look forward to using math to benefit my life in the future.

I am a Financial Economics major and a Data Science minor. My drive for success has allowed me to maintain a 4.0 GPA while also being a NCAA Student-Athlete. I play on the Women’s Golf team for Southwestern University, recently winning the 2023 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year Award. I am also an officer for the Southwestern University’s Business Club, an Elected representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, and a member of the Tri Delta Sorority. I have been blessed with the opportunity to accomplish many great things that I am very proud of in my first year of college, but the thing I am most proud of is being an older sister. As the oldest child in my entire extended family, it is in my nature to help other people. My whole life I have always had younger siblings and cousins looking up to me to set a good example and pave the way for the kids in our family. In college, I have taken on a similar role for the people around me. As a first child, my instincts to help others led me to one of my good friends, A boy from Mexico who was the first in his family to go to University in the United States. From helping him navigate his way through taking classes in a different language to teaching him how to do his laundry, my older-sibling instincts kicked in and allowed me to think quickly on my feet, organize and deal with many aspects of college that were going on at once, and be companionate towards others. In my future career in Business Finance, I will have a positive impact on the world around me by relying on my first-child instincts to help others. Not only do I want to just help those around me, but I want to be a mentor to the Hispanic Women that enter the Business Finance field after I do. Being a male-dominated industry, very few high-level positions are filled by women, and even fewer are filled by Hispanic women. In my personal experience, I have found it discouraging that I cannot relate to any of my mentors through gender or ethnicity. I believe that if Hispanic girls grow up seeing more women that they can relate to in high-level positions, they are more likely to strive for greatness. The Cuervo Rincon Scholarship of Excellence for Latinas will help me accomplish my goal of being a mentor for Hispanic Women in the field of Business Finance by relieving some of the financial burdens that come along with college. By receiving this scholarship, I will be able to focus on my school, extracurriculars, and my goal of helping the future of Hispanic Businesswomen.