Osborne Middle School in Hoschton, GA. He is also an NSU doctoral student in the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences. However, Parra does not have to rely on his teacher’s salary to pay for his Ph.D. anymore because he received a scholarship from Microsoft through the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. CHCI’s mission is to “develop the next generation of Latino leaders,” and it has done so by awarding scholarships to Latino students at every level of higher education who have been engaged in public services and who show an interest in continuing to serve the community. This year, three scholarships were given: two to undergraduate students and one to a graduate student, Parra.