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Eve’s Fund marks 20 years with largest scholarship class at Navajo Prep

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Twenty students at Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington received scholarships from Eve’s Fund for Native American Health Initiatives this academic year, the largest cohort supported by the organization to date. The awards come as Eve’s Fund marks 20 years since its founding and more than a decade since it began directing scholarship support to Navajo Prep students.

For many recipients, the roughly $1,000 award means more than tuition relief. In written reflections, students described communities shaped by limited job options, health care gaps, addiction and economic strain, and outlined plans to return home as nurses, engineers, veterinarians and scientists.

“This scholarship means more than financial help. It represents encouragement, opportunity and the belief that our goals matter,” senior Madilynn Mora wrote in a statement. She plans to pursue a career in radiology nursing.

Eight of this year’s recipients are first time scholars. Twelve are continuing students who have received Eve’s Fund support in prior years. Since the program launched in 2011, the fund has awarded $152,500 to 93 students, many supported across all four years of high school.

To read the full article, please see the Dec. 18, 2025, edition of the Navajo Times.

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Donovan Quintero

"Dii, Diné bi Naaltsoos wolyéhíígíí, ninaaltsoos át'é. Nihi cheii dóó nihi másání ádaaní: Nihi Diné Bizaad bił ninhi't'eelyá áádóó t'áá háadida nihizaad nihił ch'aawóle'lágo. Nihi bee haz'áanii at'é, nihisin at'é, nihi hózhǫ́ǫ́jí at'é, nihi 'ach'ą́ą́h naagééh at'é. Dilkǫǫho saad bee yájíłti', k'ídahoneezláo saad bee yájíłti', ą́ą́ chánahgo saad bee yájíłti', diits'a'go saad bee yájíłti', nabik'íyájíłti' baa yájíłti', bich'į' yájíłti', hach'į' yándaałti', diné k'ehgo bik'izhdiitįįh. This is the belief I do my best to follow when I am writing Diné-related stories and photographing our events, games and news. Ahxéhee', shik'éí dóó shidine'é." - Donovan Quintero, an award-winning Diné journalist, served as a photographer, reporter and as assistant editor of the Navajo Times until March 17, 2023.

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