David Vigneault Scholarship awarded to local high school graduate

A local high school graduate awarded with a scholarship for his desire to pursue a career in public service. 22 News reporter Victoria Buddy joins us live in studio and shares how this scholarship pays tribute to a late state representative. Sara Nick state representative Dave Vinho leaving his legacy in the city of Springfield helping young adults pursue higher education and their passion. I've been a longtime friend and mentee of Dave Vino. He was so involved and thought it was important that young people get involved in the political process. A lucky high school graduate taking home a $1,000 scholarship. The award created after state representative Daveo died from pancreatic cancer back in 2019. As a tribute to him and his long-standing campaign and fight for social justice, we created the Dave Neo political scholarship to encourage young people to continue their involvement in public affairs. Back in 1965, he helped register black voters in Mississippi. There he was arrested and later released. However, his purpose to fight for others and their rights. This marks the seventh time this award has been given out to a student within the Springfield public schools. This scholarship means a lot to me. It is a representation of young people such as myself getting involved in the political process. I'm a first generation college student. Um my parents did not go to college and so we aren't, you know, financially able to pay for college. I hope to study politics and journalism. I've taken journalism class for two years in high school and I want to continue that. And I also want to go to law school. So the end goal is lawyer probably living in Boston and representing people. High school students interested in the scholarship can apply annually in April. working for you. Victoria Buddy, 22 News.