
Sunrise Mountain HS Twins Awarded $100K Scholarships
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Learn why high school senior twins Christian and Camron received $100K scholarships.
Sunrise Mountain HS twins Christian and Camron Egbo-Cruz were each awarded the $100K Charles and Phyllis Frias Legacy Scholarship. Learn the story behind their scholarships and how these high school seniors have persevered after the death of their mother.
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Sunrise Mountain HS Twins Awarded $100K Scholarships
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Sunrise Mountain HS twins Christian and Camron Egbo-Cruz were each awarded the $100K Charles and Phyllis Frias Legacy Scholarship. Learn the story behind their scholarships and how these high school seniors have persevered after the death of their mother.
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This is our last episode of the season.
I can't.
The school year is almost over, and we are excited to share the incredible stories of some of our high school seniors who will soon be graduating.
Many will head off to the college or university of their choice with life changing scholarships.
We start with twins Christian and Cameron from Sunrise Mountain High School.
(John Mowbray) Congratulations, boys.
You've won it, both of you.
-Twins Cameron and Christian Egbo-Cruz, each surprised with the $100,000 Charles and Phyllis Frias Legacy Scholarship.
This scholarship, not your traditional scholarship.
-Not based on grades.
You know what it's based on?
(Christian Egbo-Cruz) Personality.
-Grit.
Character, character.
It's based on character.
They wanted to help out the candidates that would not normally qualify for a four-year all-paid scholarship.
They wanted to help kids that they had promise in that they could see that they had a chance to do better and kids that may have faced some adversities.
-Adversity and loss, something the twins have had to deal with at such a young age.
(Camron Egbo-Cruz) I want to shout-out my mother.
She's always been here.
She passed last summer.
-When their mother, Sophia, passed away, their future uncertain, that is, until family friend Saunya Bonner, lovingly known as Auntie, opened up her home.
And it's at that home where those big checks are now proudly displayed.
(Saunya Bonner) My friend is not here anymore, and they're kids.
What are they going to do since their mom is gone?
And I was like, their mom would want them to finish school.
-Saunya, mom of five children of her own and dealing with the recent death of her husband, also cares for the twins' six-year-old brother, Anthony.
-Whenever we need something, she's there to help us out.
Even with Anthony, where he has a heart condition and he can't really eat as like us, she does her best to help him out, take him to the appointments he needs.
-They did what they were supposed to do, especially with their little brother.
That's a lot to carry on their shoulders.
-If you needed another reason to admire these young men, here you go: -I also do volunteering events like the Martin Luther King parade.
-They volunteer, work at the Sunrise Mountain High School cafeteria, have an after-school job, and are active in several school organizations and sports like the school's volleyball team.
Their coach also plays a very special part in Christian and Cameron's success story on and off the volleyball court.
-You're driving them to school and everything else.
You're remarkable.
You are remarkable!
Thank you, Coach.
-I love you, Coach.
-Love you too.
-We definitely felt the love in the room.
Cameron and Christian, surrounded by their big support system, from their coach and teachers to UNLV Upward Bound counselors, the Frias Charitable Trust team, and the Public Education Foundation mentors.
(Beverly) Have you guys been accepted-- -Yes.
- --to the University of Nevada?
Yes.
U-N-L-V Go, Fight, Win!
[laughter] -The twins are being set up for success.
And, boy, do they have some big dreams.
-I definitely want to go to UNLV.
I want to double major in Hospitality Management and Marketing, and I want to possibly minor in Film.
-I want to major in Business Finance, so it's not just going to investment banking.
And I also want to make connections with big people.
So it'd be like, for example, like superstars, NBA stars.
And if I could help control their money, then I could have money for myself.
-Any big stars you want to-- athletes you want to work with?
-I haven't thought about that yet.
-LeBron.
[laughter] -There's no doubt those big dreams will come true, also thanks in part, to a little help from up above.
-I feel like she's watching over me, especially given this scholarship.
I feel like everything that's built up to this point means, like, all the work she's did paid off for us, and I'm just proud of myself and proud of what she's done.
-When she left, I feel like as if she left us with a blessing with our auntie, with our little brother, with our other siblings.
-Speaking of Auntie, they're definitely not forgetting her when they hit it big.
-She wants us to do the best.
So I could tell her that I love her.
Thank you so much.
And one message I give is that when we come up, you come up too.
So-- -Hey.
[laughter] Preach.
-Christian and Cameron, no doubt you will continue to make your beautiful mom proud, and auntie too.
The boys, by the way, also making their dad, who lives in Chicago, proud.
Dad was one of the first people Christian and Cameron called when they were awarded their scholarships.
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