Tropicana Properties awarded two residents today with over $60,000 in scholarships to attend Western Tech College. The recipients, Michael Gonzalez, resident at Castner Palms and Richard Oquendo, resident at Patriot Palms, were each presented with their checks by Bobby Bowling IV and Randy Bowling, owners of Tropicana Properties. The company announced it will additionally award four more scholarships in 2023.
I remember, back when I attended Ysleta E.S. and then Y.M.S. and Y.H.S. there was a group of us friends who gratuated an El Paso High School with a scholarship promise from a principal or something that provided about 100 of us at the time the scholarship was promised in Elem. School and if we were to graduate in the appropriate year then we’d be able to collect. That summer, my friends and I enthusiastically went to CompuDepot I think it was called? There’s a Home Goods there now lol Anyway, we got ourselves laptops and everything that comes with buying one. The rest was used for gas and rent. How much did we each get? About $5,000 each. Which helped us a lot! I can’t imagine getting such a lofty present just before the holidays. Knowing your education is paid for.
Great Job Tropicana Homes with their giving back effort. They don’t blast it, no one asked them to. They just do it.
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I don’t know about you, but I think that is super cool! Below is a bit more from their post;
About the Scholarship Recipients
Michael Gonzalez from Castner Palms will be attending the welding program. He is a single parent of three ranging in ages from 12-17 yrs. Mr. Gonzalez has been an active and stable parental figure for his children and would like to show them that it is never too late in life to fulfill your dreams.
Richard Oquendo from Patriot Palms is a positive community member for last 14 years. His aspirations are to become a homeowner and is currently receiving homebuyer financial coaching. His perseverance and ambitions have helped him improve his financial foundation and lead him to receiving this scholarship opportunity.
About Tropicana Properties
Since 2001, Tropicana Properties has become one of the largest and most successful apartment development/ownership/management family of companies in the country. With 42 complexes and over 3,900 units properties throughout the El Paso community by the end of 2025, Tropicana Properties’ mission is to place current residents on the path of homeownership as demonstrated by their motto, “Let Tropicana Properties put you in a Tropicana Home.”
Now that’s commitment and passion.
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