{"id":34816,"date":"2019-11-07T12:47:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/?p=34816"},"modified":"2021-05-20T20:50:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T00:50:16","slug":"taco-bell-is-giving-out-6-million-in-scholarships-to-passionate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/taco-bell-is-giving-out-6-million-in-scholarships-to-passionate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Bell Is Giving Out $6 Million in Scholarships to Passionate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Applications are now open for the Taco Bell Foundation\u2019s fifth annual series of Live M\u00e1s Scholarships<\/a>. This year, the foundation is giving away more than $6 million to passionate young students across the United States.
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Each applicant will have a chance to win between $5,000 and $25,000 in scholarship money. All they have to do is create a two-minute-long video describing their passion and how they will use it to make a difference. Grades, essays and test scores do not matter. 
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\u201cWe want to support talented and passionate students who have the drive to make a difference,\u201d said Lacey Gaitan, associate manager of the Taco Bell Foundation. 
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Because the Live M\u00e1s Scholarship is passion-based<\/a>, those who apply for it aren\u2019t measured on what they\u2019ve accomplished in the classroom, on the court or on the field. Instead, they\u2019re awarded for their unique skills, talents and desires to pursue them. 
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Take Megan Humphreys-Savell, an aspiring art teacher, for example. She received a $25,000 Live M\u00e1s scholarship in 2019. 
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Growing up in the foster-care system, Humphreys-Savell found art to be her best outlet. She spent time in some really rough households and always found an escape through drawing. It was her dream to teach art, but she never had enough money to fund her education until she received a Live M\u00e1s Scholarship this year.
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\u201cMy passion is really to teach art. I want to teach students about how they can use it as an outlet like I did,\u201d Humphreys-Savell explained in a video. \u201cI was putting off attending classes at Indiana University because I couldn\u2019t afford it on my own. But with this scholarship, I\u2019ll be able to go in the fall.\u201d
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Humphreys-Savell first learned about the Live M\u00e1s Scholarships while working at Taco Bell, but the scholarships aren\u2019t limited to Taco Bell employees. Anyone between the ages of 16 and 24 is eligible to apply. 
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Another 2019 Live M\u00e1s Scholarship winner was Miles Spearman, a young trumpet player from a suburb of Youngstown, Ohio. He was presented his $25,000 scholarship during the last music recital of his senior year of high school. 
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\u201cSomeone actually believes in me,\u201d Spearman said in a video. \u201cNot just my parents, not just people that have been with me for six years, but someone who looked at a two-minute video believed that I could really make a difference with music. That really changed my perspective \u2026 I can actually do this.\u201d
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