"No one enters this field perfect, but it's how we learn, adapt and contribute that defines us," Lincoln Officer Fatima Ayal wrote in a letter of support.

With tight school budgets, a shortage of driver ed teachers and no in-state program for training new ones, many youths must wait to get their driver’s licenses.

The Azim Premji Scholarship is offered to the eligible girl students who belong to economically disadvantaged families. The ...