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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Attention High School Seniors and college students!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind awards scholarships to recognize achievement by blind and low-vision scholars. Thanks to our generous partners, there are thirty $8,000 merit-based scholarships currently available. But the cash prize is only one aspect of this prestigious program. We also provide funding to travel to and attend the National Federation of the Blind’s national convention, with opportunities to network with blind students, to exchange information and ideas, and to meet and talk with hundreds of blind professionals from diverse fields.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Start your application early and submit all the required items before the deadline of March 31, 2025. Review the eligibility requirements, rules, and the submission checklist. This is an opportunity of a lifetime!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2025 Scholarship Application Form: <a href="https://scholarships.nfb.org/">https://scholarships.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For a few testimonials from past Scholarship winners please read these three articles:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a href="https://nfb.org/blog/mentorship-and-empowerment-crickets-scholarship-and-federation-story">Mentorship and Empowerment: Cricket’s Scholarship and Federation Story by Cricket Bidleman</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a href="https://nfb.org/blog/growing-my-federation-heart-started-scholarship">Growing My Federation Heart Started with a Scholarship by Kinshuk Tella</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><a href="https://nfb.org/blog/so-much-more-money-scholarship-story">So Much More than the Money: A Scholarship Story by Cayte Mendez</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Tara Chavez, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:NFBNM.President@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>NFBNM.President@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>(505) 328-3349<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Live the life you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfbnm.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfbnm.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfb.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>