BECA Welcomes Ms. Nubia Granja

BECA.org Nicaragua is happy to welcome Ms. Nubia Granja, Director of Institutional Relations, to its team.

Huh? Why does BECA need someone like that?

BECA's mission is to create opportunities for Nicaraguan high school grads who can't afford to keep going to school.

It has become obvious to us that after almost three years toiling away on the program, we need to do more to make an impact.

In other words, other things have got to change around here. Things like - transportation policy.

Students should pay less for public transport in Nicaragua. But they don't.

As a result, in 2011 transportation costs eat up almost 60% of every BECA.org scholarship dollar.

Enter Ms. Granja. She's gonna be busy with this and other projects, mostly pertaining to stuff outside of the scholarship program.

Oh yeah. She has a blog, in case you're interested.

Thanks for joining us, Nubia. We're very happy to have you.