{"680749":{"#nid":"680749","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Promise Helps Biology Scholars Pursue Their Academic Dreams Debt-Free","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESecond-year biology students Giuli Capparelli Sanabria\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;J\u2019Avani Stinson are pursuing Georgia Tech degrees with fewer financial worries, thanks to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/techpromise.em.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EG. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholarship\u003C\/a\u003E. Created in 2007, this need-based scholarship is the first of its kind offered by a public university in Georgia. It allows qualifying Georgia students to pursue a degree debt-free by filling the gap where other scholarships and financial aid options leave off.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Johns Creek to Georgia Tech:\u003C\/strong\u003E Capparelli Sanabria is studying to become a veterinarian, a dream that was inspired by an internship at a veterinary clinic during high school.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.em.gatech.edu\/2025\/02\/20\/tech-promise-helps-scholar-giuli-pursue-vet-med-dreams\/\u0022\u003ERead Giuli Capparelli Sanabria\u2019s story.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrom Stone Mountain to Georgia Tech:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EStinson, a NASA Pathways intern and Gates Scholar,\u0026nbsp;hopes to obtain an M.D. and Ph.D. to study chronic pediatric diseases, a goal first discovered during his sister\u2019s own diabetes diagnosis when she was 9 years old. Read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.em.gatech.edu\/2025\/02\/18\/tech-promise-javanis-path-to-nasa-research\/\u0022\u003EJ\u2019Avani Stinson\u0027s story\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESecond-year biology majors Giuli Capparelli Sanabria and\u0026nbsp;J\u2019Avani Stinson are pursuing Georgia Tech degrees with fewer financial worries, thanks to the G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholarship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Second-year biology majors Giuli Capparelli Sanabria and J\u2019Avani Stinson are pursuing Georgia Tech degrees with fewer financial worries, thanks to the G. 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