HOUSTON – KPRC 2 and American Furniture Warehouse are surprising 20 deserving high school seniors with $2,500 scholarships in 2026. All students selected for scholarships have been nominated by their high schools.
Joselyn Rodriguez, a senior at MacArthur Senior High School, is the nineteenth recipient of the KPRC 2-American Furniture Warehouse Senior Scholarship from the Class of 2026. MacArthur Senior High School is part of the Aldine Independent School District.
Rodriguez is a remarkable student, academically ranked third in her 800-member senior class. She aspires to teach high school and college students in the future, telling KPRC 2, “Teachers are the persistent force in our lives, grounding us in times where it’s easy to fly away. Mr. Martinez, Ms. Debtingess, and the hundred of others who fanned the flames in my heart push me to foster for a greater change in the world...I want to carry the impact they had on me on to the next generation.” Rodriguez is a member of the Texas Association of Future Educators.
Mac Votes and Aldine Votes are two organizations where Rodriguez volunteers her time encouraging others to get involved in politics with grassroots civic engagement efforts. She also volunteers with her school food market and Book Buddies.
Rodriguez plans to attend Barnard College in New York to study Education.
You can see the scholarship surprise for Joselyn Rodriguez in the video player at the top of this article.