{"id":689,"date":"2026-02-24T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/release-candidate.borregobasic.org\/stories-and-news\/scholar-stories\/2026\/02\/daniela-carmona-sonography\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T23:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:14:43","slug":"daniela-carmona-sonography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borregobasic.org\/es\/stories-and-news\/scholar-stories\/2026\/02\/daniela-carmona-sonography\/","title":{"rendered":"De Borrego Springs a la ecograf\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n\/* CACTI ONLY. 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La ciudad natal de Daniela Carmona sigue presente en sus viajes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bb-st-lede is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large bb-st-float-r bb-st-portrait\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/borregobasic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/portrait-1.jpg\" alt=\"Daniela Carmona in navy scrubs with a stethoscope, walking towards the camera outside a clinic\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniela Carmona, exalumna de la escuela secundaria Borrego Springs, en Tyler, Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bb-st-first wp-block-paragraph\">Cuando Daniela Carmona, exalumna de la escuela secundaria Borrego Springs, escribi\u00f3 una nota de agradecimiento a BASIC, resumi\u00f3 algo que muchos estudiantes locales sienten pero que rara vez dicen en voz alta: sin la ayuda de su ciudad natal, la universidad podr\u00eda no haber sido posible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actualmente residente en Tyler, Texas, y estudiante de Tyler Junior College, Daniela trabaja con constancia para labrarse una carrera en ecograf\u00eda m\u00e9dica diagn\u00f3stica. Si es admitida en el programa de formaci\u00f3n de 24 meses, planea completar su programa en 2027. Su trayectoria ya la ha llevado a cursar seis semestres completos en un colegio comunitario: cuatro en College of the Desert y dos (y sigue cursando) en Tyler Junior College, mientras adquiere los conocimientos previos necesarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMe siento profundamente honrada de haber sido seleccionada para recibir la Beca General BASIC\u201d, escribi\u00f3 Daniela. Coment\u00f3 que el apoyo de BASIC ha ido m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la matr\u00edcula, ayud\u00e1ndola a pagar los libros, el transporte y los materiales, gastos que pueden marcar la diferencia en un semestre. Para una graduada de Borrego Springs que vive a cientos de kil\u00f3metros de distancia, la confianza que la comunidad deposita en ella la acompa\u00f1a siempre.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"bb-st-steps\">\n\t<li><b>Escuela secundaria Borrego Springs<\/b><span>Graduado y becario del programa BASIC para el inicio de la escuela.<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li><b>Colegio del Desierto<\/b><span>Cuatro per\u00edodos de requisitos previos<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li><b>Tyler Junior College<\/b><span>Dos mandatos y contando, en Texas<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li><b>programa de ecograf\u00eda<\/b><span>Programa de 24 meses de duraci\u00f3n, que finalizar\u00e1 en 2027.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Por qu\u00e9 es importante en Borrego, ahora mismo.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La junta directiva, el personal y los voluntarios de BASIC suelen se\u00f1alar que, para los estudiantes de zonas rurales, lo m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil de la universidad no siempre es ingresar, sino permanecer en ella. Los largos desplazamientos, el aumento de los costos y las limitadas oportunidades laborales locales pueden obligar r\u00e1pidamente a los estudiantes a abandonar clases o programas por completo, especialmente si son los primeros en su familia en cursar estudios superiores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sin embargo, las cifras cuentan una historia alentadora: la gran mayor\u00eda de los estudiantes becados por BASIC que permanecen en la escuela han mantenido un promedio acad\u00e9mico alto mientras superaban los desaf\u00edos. La trayectoria de Daniela, desde Borrego Springs hasta College of the Desert, pasando por Tyler Junior College y su camino hacia un programa de ecograf\u00eda, refleja lo que BASIC espera de cada solicitante: que una beca local pueda ser el puente entre el &quot;Me gustar\u00eda...&quot; y el &quot;Lo estoy logrando&quot;.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large bb-st-hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/borregobasic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/letter.jpg\" alt=\"Daniela Carmona's handwritten thank-you letter to BASIC, which reads: Dear BASIC, thank you for enabling me to pursue my dreams in the healthcare field. I am sincerely honored to have been selected as a recipient of the BASIC General Scholarship.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nota de Daniela a la junta directiva, escrita de su pu\u00f1o y letra: \u201cSu ayuda financiera ha contribuido a mi matr\u00edcula, as\u00ed como a los libros, el transporte y los materiales escolares\u201d.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote bb-st-pull\"><blockquote><p>Una beca local puede ser el puente entre &quot;Me gustar\u00eda...&quot; y &quot;Lo estoy haciendo&quot;.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dos tipos de apoyo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las becas BASIC apoyan una amplia gama de trayectorias educativas, incluyendo certificados vocacionales, colegios comunitarios y universidades de cuatro a\u00f1os. Estas becas ayudan a cubrir los costos b\u00e1sicos de la educaci\u00f3n y a superar otros obst\u00e1culos que a menudo impiden a los estudiantes alcanzar sus metas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"bb-st-named\">\n\t<div><dt>Becas Start-School<\/dt><dd>Para los estudiantes que reci\u00e9n comienzan su educaci\u00f3n postsecundaria: alumnos actuales del \u00faltimo a\u00f1o de la escuela secundaria Borrego Springs que se dirigen a la universidad, al instituto o a la formaci\u00f3n profesional.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t<div><dt>Becas para permanecer en la escuela<\/dt><dd>Para beneficiarios anteriores como Daniela, que contin\u00faan sus estudios y necesitan ayuda constante. Los exalumnos de BSHS y los estudiantes adultos de Borrego Springs que hayan vivido o trabajado en el distrito durante al menos un a\u00f1o son elegibles.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t<div><dt>Becas con nombre propio<\/dt><dd>Premios especiales que reconocen la excelencia acad\u00e9mica o que apoyan campos espec\u00edficos como la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, la ciencia, los negocios y la educaci\u00f3n.<\/dd><\/div>\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bb-st-cta\">\n\t<h2>Las solicitudes se abren el 2 de marzo.<\/h2>\n\t<p>El per\u00edodo de solicitud de becas para el a\u00f1o acad\u00e9mico 2026-2027 se extiende desde <strong>Del 2 al 13 de marzo de 2026<\/strong>, Todas las solicitudes se env\u00edan en l\u00ednea. Consulta los requisitos, las preguntas frecuentes y el cronograma ahora para estar listo cuando se publiquen los formularios. 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