Juan Panduro (Metro Tech High School, Phoenix, AZ)

Childhood cancer claimed the vision in one of his eyes, but left him with an indomitable will to rise above this challenge and set the bar higher than life had intended for him. Moving through life with a disability was not easy, but Juan knew that his life was spared for a greater purpose and because of this, he studied longer and harder than the rest. Today, Juan Panduro is a recipient of the 2015 Alcanzando Un Sueño Scholarship, graduated 4th in a class of 358 at Metro Tech High School and headed to his first year college at Barrett, The Honors College at ASU.  “I am Juan Panduro. I am a cancer survivor and life for me has just begun.”