{"635415":{"#nid":"635415","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Another Promise Kept: Marquetta and Marteisha Griffin","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis story first appeared in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/another-promise-kept-marquetta-and-marteisha-griffin\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech News Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs first-generation college students from rural Georgia, twin sisters Marquetta (mechanical engineering) and Marteisha Griffin (biology) anticipated having to take out student loans to fund education\u0026nbsp;costs not covered by scholarships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat is, until they received news that they qualified for the G. Wayne Clough Georgia Tech Promise Program, the scholarship program designed to offer the opportunity of a debt-free degree to eligible students from low-income Georgia families.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarquetta and Marteisha hope their story encourages other low-income, rural students who have dreams of going to college but are hesitant about pursuing them due to financial concerns. \u0026ldquo;You do not have to have [the finances] figured out. There are many opportunities in college if you work hard in high school.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduating from Georgia Tech, Marquetta plans to pursue an engineering career in the automotive industry, and Marteisha will continue her education to become a physician assistant.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech Promise picks up where Georgia\u0026#39;s HOPE scholarship and other financial aid options leave off. It is available to dependent Georgia residents pursuing their first undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech whose families have an annual income of less than $33,300.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jsd69rCqe4o\u0026amp;feature=emb_logo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHear Marquetta and Marteisha share how Tech Promise has changed their lives\u003C\/a\u003E, and why they want to encourage other rural Georgia students to follow their college dreams.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwin sisters majoring in biology and mechanical engineering share gratitude for their journey from rural Georgia to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Twin sisters majoring in biology and mechanical engineering share gratitude for their journey from rural Georgia to Georgia Tech. "}],"uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2020-05-17 20:39:33","changed_gmt":"2020-05-17 20:58:25","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"635413":{"id":"635413","type":"image","title":"Marquetta and Marteisha Griffin","body":null,"created":"1589747871","gmt_created":"2020-05-17 20:37:51","changed":"1589747871","gmt_changed":"2020-05-17 20:37:51","alt":"Marquetta and Marteisha Griffin","file":{"fid":"241794","name":"tech-promise-griffin-sisters-tn.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech-promise-griffin-sisters-tn.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech-promise-griffin-sisters-tn.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":32546,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tech-promise-griffin-sisters-tn.jpg?itok=4gH3xVXM"}}},"media_ids":["635413"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jess@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJess Hunt-Ralston\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jess@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}