By Richard Bammer

The Army, in its own way, came calling.

Rodriguez High School senior Trisha Macagba answered and picked up a $220,000 college scholarship along the way.

How did it happen to this straight-A student, with a weighted GPA of 4.67, and student board member for the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District?

Work, work, work primarily, but also some old-fashioned luck that, in large part, Macagba, a native of Baguio, Philippines, made herself.

Source: Road to her $220K scholarship paved with hard work, drive, love, and luck – The Vacaville Reporter