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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Mija, Yes You Can announces opening of scholarship applications
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso organization Mija, Yes You Can, announced the opening of its 2025 scholarship application on Friday, June 6, for women in the El Paso area who are pursuing a higher education. The organization says there are three categories for different scholarships and two recipients will be selected for each category. 'This scholarship program is more than financial aid; it's a vote of confidence in the talent, ambition, and potential of our Mijas,' Iris Lopez, executive director of Mija, Yes You Can, said. 'We believe in investing in their future, because when our Mijas rise, so do our communities.' According to the organization, the following Mija scholarships are available to apply for: Class of 2025 Mijas High school seniors enrolled or enrolling in a college/university, vocational program, or technical school for Summer or Fall 2025 Minimum GPA: 85/100 or 3.0 Collegiate Mijas Women continuing enrollment in a two or four-year college, vocational program, or technical school as of Fall 2025 Minimum GPA: 2.7 Mija Scholars Women entering or currently enrolled in a graduate-level program (master's, Ph.D., or professional degree) for Summer or Fall 2025 Minimum GPA: 3.0 Applications are now open, and the deadline is Friday, June 27. 'The Mija Scholarships are a core part of the organization's mission to uplift and empower women through access to education, personal development, and community support,' read the news release. Since its founding, Mija, Yes You Can has awarded over $50,000 in scholarships, according to the organization. To view the application criteria and required information, please visit Mija, Yes You Can's website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Local stomach cancer survivor advocates for research funding
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A spark of curiosity about her family's history is what prompted Priscilla Brittine to search online for family members in Kansas City. However, in the process, she got a message that would set up a chain of events that would save her life. 'Mija, you might want to know about this genetic mutation that runs in our family,' she said. She went through testing at the University of Kansas Hospital and learned that she had a mutation called CDH1. That condition put her at an 80% chance of developing stomach cancer and a 60% chance of developing breast cancer. Sub-contractor hits a gas line in Lexington, MO, causing explosion 'This is my fate? This is what's going to happen to now me? No. I am putting a stop to this,' she explained. Despite diagnostic testing showing no signs of cancer, she decided to make a bog decision and have her stomach removed. She was only in her early-thirties at the time. 'Really, I think it's because of what I went through prior (to) being young,' she said. When she was just 14, Brittine lost her mother to stomach cancer. 'Nutrition was a main factor, she was always vomiting, throwing up, she was getting skinnier and I have three boys. It would kill me to know that they watched me go through what I did,' she said about her decision. After surgery, more in-depth testing was done on her stomach. The results captured something an initial biopsy couldn't. 'Thank god you did what you did when you did it because you had beginning stages of stomach cancer.' DACA recipient returns home to Kansas City metro after deportation to Mexico Through her recovery journey, she found support in nonprofits like Debbie's Dream Foundation and Hope For Stomach Cancer. She's traveled to DC to meet with legislators, advocating for more funding for research. 'It saved my life; genetics saved my life; research saved my life,' she said. Priscilla says that last year, she also had a double mastectomy and that genetic testing has saved other family members' lives. It's now her goal to get Union Station lit up in periwinkle in November. She's raising funds for other survivors in the metro to go to DC with her to advocate and share their stories. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Forbes
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Where To Find Passover Specials In New York City
Mexican matzah ball soup from Mija at Market 57 Passover begins on the evening of Saturday, April 12. And New Yorkers around the city will be celebrating with food. The eight-day holiday traditionally kicks off with seders on the first two nights, and is followed by a week of avoiding leavened foods, like bread, in memory of the unleavened bread Israelites made when rushing to free themselves from slavery in Egypt. To celebrate the season and the holiday of freedom, restaurants around the city are offering special menus for dine-in and takeout. Here's where to eat during Passover. Bubby's will host special Passover seder-style dinners on April 12th and 13th with traditional Jewish comfort dishes for $100 per person. The three-course menu includes chopped liver, deviled eggs, matzo ball soup, pot roast, and a special matzo crust berry pie. The Seder will be self-led—guests are invited to bring their own Haggadah (BYOH). Reservations are available in two-hour blocks from 5 –9 p.m. Mijo at Market 57 is offering a kosher-style Mexican Seder Dinner available for pickup and delivery in NYC. The special menu honors the roots of owners and husband-and-wife-duo Fany Gerson and Daniel Ortiz de Montellano. The menu includes Mexican matzah ball soup with an herby Mexican style chicken broth and cilantro, serrano chili, white onion, limes and avocado garnish on side.; a Passover chocolate covered matzah box, and roasted chicken with apricot glaze. Chef Hillary Sterling's Italian-inspired restaurant focused on live fire cooking is hosting an intimate dinner on Thursday, April 17th to celebrate, build community, and honor traditions from the chef's own evening includes a four-course, family-style dinner blending Jewish and Italian traditions, including wood-fired Matzo with ramp-horseradish butter, ricotta gnudi, roasted bass, and a date torta. The meal kicks off at 6:30 pm with a Manischewitz spritz followed by dinner at 7 p.m. in the private third-floor dining room with views of the Empire State Building. The meal is $215 per person, including cocktail & wine pairings. Matzo will also be available for pickup at Ci Siamo starting on Wednesday, April 11. Passover dinner at Ci Siamo in Manhattan Dagon is offering a selection of Passover options including Seder Plate that features parsley tabouleh, charoset, lamb shank bone marrow, matzah, and more for $15 per person. On April 12 and 13, guests can also enjoy a Passover prix fixe ($85 per person) menu that can also be ordered a la carte. Matzah Ball Soup ($19) with 'Sabath' chicken consomme; Levantine "Caesar" ($17) with fried chickpeas, tahini, anchovy tempura, roasted sesame; and Agu's Tunisian cigar ($21) with ground lamb, potato, dill, and amba are all starters. For the main course, guests can enjoy crispy roasted lamb ($48) with shawarma spice and wild rice; a hearty Short Rib Chamin stew ($48), and plancha-seared salmon ($38) with pomegranate braised red cabbage. To end, a special Malabi Panna Cotta ($16), Barbounia's Passover specials will be available throughout the holiday, until April 19. The menu includes Jerusalem artichoke soup ($18) with black truffle labaneh, whitefish salad ($25), and homemade chopped liver ($24) served with pickled spring vegetables, horseradish-beet maror, and chickpea-cumin tuile. Main courses include fish kofta-kebab tagine ($44) with fava beans, chickpeas, preserved lemon, and a fire roasted tomato-pepper broth; and a Passover Lamb Tasting ($55), a rich selection of grilled lamb chops, lamb neck maqluba, local ramps, green asparagus, spring carrots, and lamb jus. End the meal with a Matzo-Pistachio Napoleon ($18) made with pistachio mousse, matzo meal cake, and served with orange blossom ice cream, or the passover cookie plate ($18) with coconut and peanut flourless cookies.
