Gina Rodriguez funds student’s university education

Here’s a good deed that will change the life of one student. An unnamed student in the US won’t have to worry about paying her college tuition thanks to Gina Rodriguez. The talented actress, who is well-known for her role in ‘Jane the Virgin’, is using her

For Your Consideration

(FYC) studio money to fund a high school student’s upcoming

Princeton University

tuition. Rodriguez partnered with

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles

to locate a student to receive the college scholarship.
Speaking in an interview, Rodriguez admitted that education today is immensely expensive and she wanted to do something to help the

Latino

community. “Our show has always jumped at any opportunity to help me do something for the Latinx community. So, I asked my showrunner,

Jennie Snyder Urman

, if we could do something different with the money this year. It’s taboo to talk about the money being spent, but it’s the reality. I think sharing this might inspire other people to do something similar. You can desire recognition and, at the same time, decide to not play in the confines of the game as it’s set up.”