Four Cal State San Bernardino students received the news of a lifetime this month: full funding to support their ongoing studies.

The prize came courtesy of the band Fuerza Regida and Street Mob Records. Frontman and label head Jesús Ortiz Paz unveiled the scholarship at an April event held at CSUSB. The scholarship is named after their latest studio album,” 111xpantia ,” which was released in May.

“If we can do it coming from the same city, facing the same struggles, then trust me, you can do it too,” Ortiz Paz said in a motivational speech ahead of the scholarship announcement.

The funding is intended to support the next generation of change-makers in the San Bernardino region, where nearly a third of the population has received a bachelor’s degree or higher — which is below

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