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

Four seniors at Charles Herbert Flowers High School just received a four-year financial lift that could reshape how they enter college and, eventually, the tech workforce: James Egbuanran, Kingsley Nwogu, Halmed Kamara and Keven Amaya Muñoz each won an Amazon Future Engineer scholarship worth $40,000, plus an opportunity for a paid summer internship at Amazon.

Prince George’s County Public Schools identified the four students in an April 17 release, saying each scholarship will cover up to $10,000 a year toward a degree in computer science or engineering at a college of the student’s choice. For families weighing tuition, housing, books and transportation, that kind of support can be the difference between enrolling in a four-year program and stepping back to cheaper options.

The internship piece matters just as much. Amazon’s program pairs the scholarship with professional exposure in a company that hires heavily in engineering, cloud computing and related fields. For students leaving high school in Springdale and heading into a competitive labor market, an early foothold inside a major tech employer can help build a resume, professional confidence and a clearer path from campus to career.

The award also fits the mission of Flowers’ Science and Technology program, which PGCPS says is designed to prepare students for college and career readiness through rigorous, project-based STEM learning. The school’s Jaguar Power Hour adds tutoring, clubs and mentoring, a support structure that helps students stay on track in demanding classes and compete for opportunities like this one.

Amazon says Future Engineer is meant to expand access for students from underserved and historically underrepresented communities. The company said its 2025 scholarship cycle reached 400 high school seniors nationwide, with $16 million in tuition support, and that the program has now provided $60 million in scholarships to more than 1,550 students. Those numbers put the Flowers awards in a larger national pipeline, but they also carry local weight in a county where school success is tied to economic mobility.

Prince George’s County has seen this before. In 2023, Amazon and PGCPS surprised seven county seniors with similar scholarships at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, showing the program has already reached more than one campus in the county. For Prince George’s, that matters because it signals a broader effort to keep STEM talent growing locally, not just sending it out of the county without a connection to the employers shaping the region’s future.