Washington-Liberty High School Student Named Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Recipient

Earns $40,000 Scholarship and Guaranteed Internship Offer from Amazon

Washington-Liberty High School senior Mahia Rahman has been named an Amazon Future Engineer scholarship recipient to continue studying computer science at a college of her choice. She is one of 100 students across the country who will receive the Amazon Future Engineer scholarship of $40,000 over four years for her ongoing education at Harvard University along with a guaranteed paid internship offer at Amazon after her freshman year of college to gain critical real-world work experience.

Recipients were chosen based on a variety of criteria, including their academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, work experience, future goals, and financial need.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that from 2014 to 2024, the market for computer science professionals will grow twice as fast as the rest of the labor market and, in 2019, the median annual salary for computer science occupations was approximately $48,000 greater than the median wage for all occupations in the U.S. Computer science is the fastest-growing profession within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) field, but only 8% of STEM graduates earn a computer science degree, with a small percentage from underserved backgrounds. Students from underserved backgrounds are 8 to 10 times more likely to pursue college degrees in computer science if they have taken AP computer science in high school.

Amazon Future Engineer is a childhood-to-career computer science education program intended toinspire and educate millions of students globally, including hundreds of thousands of students in the U.S. each year. Students explore computer science through school curriculum and project based learning using code to make music, program robots, and solve problems. Amazon Future Engineer also awards 100 students each year with four-year, $40,000 scholarships and paid internships at Amazon, and celebrates teachers with professional development and $25,000 Teacher of the Year Awards. Amazon Future Engineer is part of Amazon’s $50 million commitment to STEM and computer science education. The program is available in the U.S., UK, Canada, and France.