GECU Announces 2025 Financial Bee Winners

Empowering the Next Generation: GECU Announces 2025 Financial Bee Winners
We’re proud to celebrate the winners of the 2025 Financial Bee: Steps to Savings Challenge, an annual scholarship opportunity designed to provide students with essential financial knowledge that lasts a lifetime.

Now in its fifth year, the Financial Bee is a collaboration between GECU and EVERFI. The initiative challenges students in grades 8–12 to complete a series of interactive online lessons focused on core money management topics like saving, budgeting, and investing. After completing the program, students submit a short essay reflecting on what they learned and how they plan to use it in their own lives.

This year, 15 outstanding students were selected as winners, each receiving a $1,000 scholarship to support their future academic goals. One of those students was also awarded an additional $500 Visa gift card from EVERFI for their standout submission.

“Through the Financial Bee, we’re giving students the tools they need to dream bigger, plan better, and take confident steps toward their financial futures,” said Linda Nuñez, Director of Youth Community Programs at GECU Community Development.

We’d like to thank the GECU Foundation¹ and El Paso Electric for their incredible support to make the Financial Bee possible. Because of their support this program continues to grow in reach and impact, with more than 3,100 students participating across Texas and New Mexico.

GECU and the GECU Foundation remain deeply committed to financial education as one significant way to achieve financial well-being.

To honor the winners, we hosted a special celebration and on-field recognition during an El Paso Chihuahuas game at Southwest University Park.

Some of this year's Financial Literacy Bee: Steps to Savings Challenge winners are:

Saylee Alexander
Nataly Alonso
Brianna Chavez
James Cadena
Joseph Vargas Cowley
Angelique Diaz De Leon
Ameen Ibrahim
Kassidy Mena
Natalie Quintero
Marium Zahra

On behalf of the GECU team, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to all of the winners and a sincere thank you to every student who participated. We’re proud to support your educational journeys and excited for your future endeavors.

Learn more about the GECU Foundation’s community impact and financial education programs by clicking here.


¹The GECU Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity established to maximize philanthropic efforts to benefit education, community programs and charitable giving. If you itemize deductions on your federal tax return, you may be entitled to claim your donation to the GECU Foundation as a charitable deduction. Please consult your tax adviser.