{"id":709641,"date":"2026-06-17T14:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709641\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:29:20","slug":"uchealth-yampa-valley-medical-center-announces-4-medical-staff-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709641\/","title":{"rendered":"UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center announces 4 Medical Staff Scholarship recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four Yampa Valley graduating seniors have been selected as recipients of the 2026 UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center Medical Staff Scholarship, with each student receiving $2,500 to fund their education in healthcare, according to a recent statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To be eligible, graduating seniors must live in Routt or Moffat counties and intend to pursue an education in medicine. The scholarships are funded by physicians and providers affiliated with the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Soroco High School graduate Ava Elshere will attend Colorado Mesa University and study nursing. <\/p>\n

\u201cHealthcare is a field that allows me to combine my compassion for others with my interest in science and\u00a0medicine,\u201d said Elshere in the statement. \u201cI am inspired by the role nurses play in supporting patients and their families, often acting as both caregivers and advocates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moffat County High School graduate Isabella Vanzo, who will also be enrolled at Colorado Mesa, plans to major in kinesiology and pursue a career in pediatric occupational therapy \u2014 a field for which she said she has a \u201cstrong passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Moffat County High School graduate Isabella Vanzo plans to major in kinesiology at Colorado Mesa University and pursue a career in pediatric occupational therapy.UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to dedicating my life to giving youth opportunities tailored to their needs that enhance their working brain and body,\u201d said Vanzo in the statement. <\/p>\n

Guadalupe Lopez Gutierrez, a recent graduate of Moffat County High School, will attend the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts to pursue a pre-med study track.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy desire to pursue\u00a0medicine is driven by the mesmerization I feel about the brilliance of the human body and the ability of internal systems to maintain human health through intricately interdependent systems,\u201d said Gutierrez. <\/p>\n

\"\"Guadalupe Lopez Gutierrez, a graduate of Moffat County High School, will study pre-med at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n

Steamboat Springs High School graduate Janie Gonzales, headed to Colorado State University Pueblo, plans to major in molecular biology and pursue surgical medicine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so deeply interested in everything to do with how the body functions, grows and changes,\u201d wrote Gonzales in the statement. \u201cI want to share my love for learning and life, and I can\u2019t think of a better way than as a surgeon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Steamboat Springs High School graduate Janie Gonzales will major in molecular biology at Colorado State University Pueblo. She hopes to be a surgeon.UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center\/Courtesy photo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four Yampa Valley graduating seniors have been selected as recipients of the 2026 UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-709641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}