{"id":357472,"date":"2026-07-30T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/357472\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:14:02","slug":"miami-dade-student-who-plans-to-study-electrical-engineering-receives-5k-college-scholarship-from-fpl-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/357472\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade student who plans to study electrical engineering receives $5K college scholarship from FPL &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; A South Florida student got the surprise of a lifetime, and it was all thanks to Florida Power &amp; Light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ashley Vanegas-Fonseca of George T. Baker Aviation Technical School in Miami received a 5-thousand dollar scholarship from FPL on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award recognizes her academic achievements and her passion for drone technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ll be honest, I\u2019m having trouble with my tuition as of now, but knowing that I have this scholarship in my hands, it\u2019ll definitely be like a weight off my shoulders, and I\u2019m really excited,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This fall, Vanegas-Fonseca plans to study electrical engineering at Santa Fe College in Gainesville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scholarship is part of FPL\u2019s commitment to supporting STEM education.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; A South Florida student got the surprise of a lifetime, and it was all thanks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-357472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}