The Frias Legacy Scholarship was first awarded to nine students in 2022.

We caught up with one of the original scholarship winners who is about to graduate college.

And talk about a full-circle moment, she attended this very school, Frias Elementary, never imagining that years later she would receive the Frias Legacy Scholarship.

(Brooke Gross) So we were all like, What is going on?

And then they pull out this $80,000 check.

And they're like, Brooke Gross.

And like, honestly, I still think about it, like, to this day.

Like that moment was just so insane.

-That insane moment for Brooke Gross happened in 2022 when she was a senior at Desert Oasis High School, one of the first students to receive the Frias Legacy Scholarship.

-It was four years ago now, so just it's crazy to look back and think on it and all that it has done for me.

-What the Frias Legacy Scholarship has done for Brooke is allow her to focus solely on her education, debt free.

-I didn't really have the money.

I didn't really want my dad to have to, like, put himself out to do that.

So it really was just amazing.

And I was able to-- Like, it changed my whole college experience, too, because I never had to worry about financials.

(Tim Gross) Oh, I took it straight to Michael's and had it framed.

-Proud Dad Tim was the first person Brooke called when she received this life-changing gift.

-I was shocked.

It was amazing.

So happy for her and happy-- save, saved me financially.

I'm proud of her.

And she's a go-getter, so she's, she's gonna, do great.

-Brooke, now getting ready for another big milestone.

She will soon be graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno.

-I am majoring in Finance, and I got-- I'm triple minoring in Economics, Business Analytics, and Risk Management, which I'm super excited about.

-As she prepares to embark on her exciting professional journey... -So I interned this previous summer at Marsh McLennan agency.

They just gave me a returning offer to go to their Scottsdale office, so I'll be starting in June.

It's in private client services.

-Brooke has a message for the kind and caring individuals at the Charles and Phyllis M. Frias Charitable Trust, the Public Education Foundation, and all those who helped her along the way.

-It is so wonderful to see people who really care about education and are so selfless that they are putting so much time, money, and effort and energy into providing education for so many individuals.

So thank you so much to them, is what I would want to say, and it's so inspirational.

And honestly, you have inspired me to one day want to do something like this and give back also.

-Congrats, Brooke.

You are an inspiration.

And how's this for another full-circle moment?

Brooke's dad, Tim, through his work, was able to meet Mr.

and Mrs.

Frias, describing the couple as great people and super nice.