Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation opens doors for local students

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) — For the last 64 years, the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation has supported students nationwide in completing higher education.

This year, 2,906 students received scholarships with a record-breaking investment totaling $12.635 million.

The scholarship mission is to honor Marines and Navy corpsmen by supporting their children in pursuing higher education. In its time, MCSF has awarded nearly 60,000 scholarships totaling more than $235 million.

Alex and Destiny Isonhart are siblings and are two of the 237 California students who received scholarships from MCSF. They say the support is helping them become the best versions of themselves.

"It's helping me focus on building connections with people," Alex, who is entering his first year of college, said.

Meanwhile, Destiny has one more year in school before she hopes to enter the medical administration field. She says this scholarship has been a tremendous help during the three of four years she was getting assistance.

"It really helped me in the beginning because I was able to get a computer, which I didn't have," Destiny said. "Which helped me with my studies."

In the future, when thanking a veteran from any branch of the military, don't forget to thank their families as well.