A Thompson Gr. 12 student has a bright future ahead of her.

Morgan Hanson Oliviera has been chosen as one of 20 students across Canada to receive a TD Scholarship for Community Leadership worth $70,000.

She tells us what it was like when she found out: "I had gotten a call when I was at home, I remember it was a Wednesday night, and it was pretty late but I got a call, and they told me that I had won and I couldn’t believe it, It was all so much and I was more than honoured to receive the award".

Oliviera was also accepted for the Schulich Leader Scholarship, another prestigious scholarship worth $60,000. Unfortunately she can’t have both scholarships, so she has chosen the TD Scholarship for Community Leadership.

She beat out over 2,000 students in Canada who had applied for the award.

Oliviera will be going to the University of Manitoba in September where she has been accepted for direct entry in the faculty of science.