The Odessa Record -

ODESSA – Odessa High School junior Nathan Carstensen is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from Next Generation Personal Finance (NGPF). He received an honorable mention for the essay he wrote on paying for college after completing NGPF’s Payback Challenge. Nathan was one of 47 scholarship recipients from across the U.S. The two grand-prize winners each received a scholarship worth $2,500. The 45 entrants who were awarded honorable mention received $1,000 each to be used for further education.

NGPF is a nonprofit organization founded by Tim and Jessica Endlich. Their mission is to pr...