The 2025 Nancy Champlin P.E.O. Foundation Scholarship recipients are Ila Rose Duffy ($1000) and Kianna Murillo ($1400). Both young women are recent graduates of Silver High School where each was on the "A" honor roll.
Not only maintaining an impressive g.p.a., Duffy also was a three year member of the National Honor Society and captain of both the soccer and cross country teams for three years. She additionally was involved in school media productions, held part-time jobs and provided community service at the Commons. Ila Rose will be attending New Mexico State University where she plans to obtain a degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
Kianna Murillo was a valued member of the girls' basketball and valley ball teams as well as participating in the school work study program. Interested in a health care field, she served as president of the Health Occupation Students of America organization. Murillo too will attend New Mexico State University where she will pursue a Bachelor of Nursing degree.
Funds for this endowed scholarships were raised primarily by Silver City P.E.O. Chapters AG and BR via purse auctions held annually to honor then-resident Nancy Champlin's serving as state P.E.O. president in 2013. After a brief hiatus, Chapter BR will be sponsoring the popular purse auction event again this October. First awarded in 2015, the scholarship has now helped 15 young Grant County women to further their educational dreams.
Visit www.peointernational.org or www.nmpeo.org or call 575-519-8899 for more information about educational opportunities for women.
