Four Flowers High seniors earn $40,000 Amazon scholarships, internships

Four seniors at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Springdale won a prize that does more than help with tuition: each will get $40,000 over four years and a paid Amazon internship after freshman year of college.

The recipients, James Egbuanran, Kingsley Nwogu, Halmed Kamara and Keven Amaya Muñoz, were named Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship winners, putting all four on a path to study computer science or engineering at a college of their choice. The award matters because it links college affordability with a first-step work experience, a combination that can shape whether a Prince George’s County student turns STEM talent into a job.

The four Flowers students were selected from among 200 recipients nationwide, a number that shows how competitive the program is. Judges weighed academic achievement, leadership, participation in school and community activities, work experience, future goals and financial need before making the selections.

County officials cast the win as more than a one-time honor. County Executive Aisha Braveboy said the scholarship gives Prince George’s students both support and real-world exposure, while interim Superintendent Shawn Joseph said the selection reflects the students’ hard work and the strength of Flowers’ computer science program. Amazon’s Maryland public policy lead also described the scholarships as an investment in local talent and the broader computer-science pipeline.

For Prince George’s County, the story lands at the intersection of school success and workforce development. Flowers High has built a reputation as a strong STEM environment, and the four scholarships suggest that the school’s students can compete for national awards that pair education funding with access to a major technology employer. That combination is especially important in a county where families are watching college costs closely and where local leaders have long looked for ways to keep high-achieving students connected to opportunity.

The Amazon Future Engineer program is aimed at students from historically underserved communities who want to enter computing and engineering fields. For Egbuanran, Nwogu, Kamara and Amaya Muñoz, the award opens a route that is still uncommon for many public school students: a nationally competitive scholarship, a paid internship and a clear line from Springdale to a tech career.