Local student honored at State Capitol
Jalen Fong
PHOENIX (KYMA) – One Yuma County Fifth Grader was one of 19 Arizona students honored at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix as part of the AZ-529 art contest.
Students representing every county in the state were selected from more than 900 entries.
The students were awarded certificates and a giant $529 dollar check for their own AZ-529 savings account.
Among the lucky winners was Kenya Guadalupe Lopez Ramirez from Tierra del Sol Elementary School.
Kenya says she wants to be a scientist when she grows up and now has a good start thanks to that extra money in her 529 account.
Congratulations to all of these amazing young students.