Waubonsee student receives Coca-Cola Academic Team Scholarship

Jacqueline Chavez-Moreno, a Plano resident and Waubonsee Community College student, has been named a 2021 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar. She will receive a $1,250 scholarship.

Chavez-Moreno dreamed of a career in the medical field as a young child, reading a medical dictionary she found at home. As a junior at Aurora East High School, she took a dual-credit medical terminology course. She will be earning her Associate in Applied Science Degree in nursing this fall. She plans to transfer to a university to pursue a doctorate in neurology.

As a first-generation college student, Chavez-Moreno claims, “my parents motivate me the most.” Her parents were born in Mexico and came to the United States to raise a family.

“My parents did not have access to the opportunities that I do. I want to take all the opportunities I can to succeed.”

Chavez-Moreno dedicates much of her education progress to working with her adviser and success coach.

“My adviser and success coach have been there for me throughout my time at Waubonsee.”

It is because of the support staff and her family that Chavez-Moreno will not give up on her goal of becoming a doctor.

“I don’t ever forget my original goals; when it gets hard, it can seem so easy to dismiss what needs to get done now,” says Chavez-Moreno.

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation partners with Phi Theta Kappa to help deserving students reach their academic goals.