{"id":3750,"date":"2026-03-31T14:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2026-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/vanessa-corona\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:49:28","slug":"vanessa-corona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/secretary-of-education-scholars\/2026-delaware-secretary-of-education-scholars\/vanessa-corona\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Corona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"student_container\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Personal information about Vanessa Corona\" class=\"grid\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed picture\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/corona_vanessa_h.webp\" width=\"270\" alt=\"Headshot of Vanessa Corona\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med grid-item-fixed nomination\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"scholar_nomination_statement\">Nomination Statement<\/h2>\n\t\tVanessa Corona is the daughter of Gabino Corona and Yolanda Sosa-Rios of Wilmington.  Over her high school career, Vanessa has demonstrated her commitment to her academics and her natural intellectual curiosity.  With her strong work ethic and perseverance, Vanessa currently ranks second in her class.  Vanessa has made a positive impact on our school community as a participant in our district&rsquo;s Spanish Immersion program and National Honor Society member.  Dependable and respected by her peers and the staff alike, we know that the future is bright for Vanessa Corona!\n\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med logo\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/dupont_a_i_high_school.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of duPont (Alexis I.) High School\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med personal\">\n\t\t\t&ldquo;Throughout high school, my family, friends, and myself have been the source of my motivation. Knowing that I have important people who care for my success has helped me keep disciplining myself to do better. Each one has shown me how important the amount of effort that I put into things can lead to success. I'm especially grateful to my parents for believing in me, which has encouraged me to keep doing better this day and in the future.&rdquo;\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/corona_vanessa_2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/corona_vanessa_4.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/corona_vanessa_3.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"grid-item grid-item-med picture\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/award-programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/corona_vanessa_1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each one has shown me how important the amount of effort that I put into things can lead to success<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3590,"parent":3664,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3750","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"school":"duPont (Alexis I.) 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