Community Foundation Awards $250,000 in Scholarships to high school, college students for 2020

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia announced today that it has awarded over $250,000 in scholarships to more than one hundred area students to support their higher education goals beginning this fall. This year’s awards went to students pursuing either undergraduate or graduate degrees in areas like STEM, medicine, health, and education, as well as students planning to attend Northern Virginia Community College.

Scholarships recipients were recognized for academic achievement, character, financial need, and for demonstrating good citizenship at school, at home, and in the community.

“The Community Foundation’s scholarship funds are continuing to make educational dreams a reality for many students in our region,” said Bernard Mustafa, Board Chairman, the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.

The Community Foundation manages and administers the funds for twenty-seven scholarships that support Northern Virginia students.

“These scholarships reflect Northern Virginia’s ongoing commitment to invest in the next generation,” said Eileen Ellsworth, President and CEO, the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.

“This scholarship is super useful because it will relieve some financial burden on my loans that I will be getting,” Irene Chen, a student recipient of this year’s Booz Allen Hamilton Vision Scholarship.

This year’s scholarship winners were announced during Community Foundation’s Virtual Cocktails & Conversations event available here

The following scholarships are managed by the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. A volunteer grants panel determines the recipients of each scholarship:

Charles Homer Barton Memorial Scholarship
Colby Bestick
Joshua Brown
Joshua Hernandez
Carter Kinkead
Sarah Milam

Cameron and Virginia Dye Scholarship
Aaliyah Dade

Leslie V. Forte Scholarship
Yasmeen Zargarpur

Ashworth Grogan Scholarship
Christina Pelliccio
Jennifer Rivera

Booz Allen Hamilton Vision Scholarship
Lauren Bishop*
Nate Buchanan*
Kathleen Cannon*
Irene Chen
Aarushi Dubey
Emily Huo*
Hannah Jones*
Mark Joseph*
Luke Katzen*
Sreya Mallipeddi*
Julia Noppenberger
Jonas Ravich*
Megan Rossano*
Sachi Sakaniwa
Shreya Shaw*
Jasmine Summers-Evans*
Avery Watkins
Chris Yang*
Lucy Zheng*

Louise Lightner Jamison Scholarship
Lulya Habte
Hannah Nugent

Elizabeth Koury Scholarship
Vivian Cao-Dao
Jaspreet Kaur*
Suferah Khan*
Vivek Khatri*
Riya Maheshwari
Jesus Neyra
Anubhav Thapaliya*

Rose Koury Scholarship
Isabel Craun*
Eliana Glover
Naim Gmati
Pateley Nichols*
Gina Nored*
Erin Poplin*
Maria-Paula Proano*
Monica Tobaldo*
Marissa Young*

Vance International, Inc. Scholarship
John Carayiannis
Michael Kyrychenko

The following scholarships are administered by the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. A volunteer grants panel determines the recipients of each scholarship:

Kelly Elizabeth Baker Memorial Scholarship
Mary Bohli

Anna M. Davison Scholarship
Gavin Bishop

Kathryn Louise Davison Scholarship
Paige Peterson

William J. Foreman Memorial Scholarship
Ashley Beck
Layma Kakar
Nia Winston

Jackson Robert Greene Memorial Athletic Scholarship
Camryn Renee Campbell
Jacob Gelinas

John Franklin Hiller Memorial Scholarship
Valeria Hodge

Michell Merhige Scholarship
Khadeejatui-Khbraa Lawal
Samiha Mahboob

Yuthud Oberdick Scholarship
Anonymous

Reston Scholarship Fund
Zayyan Budiman*
Andrea Coca*
Daniel Ennis*
Omer Gorashi*
Mona Hassan
Sohale Hessavi*
Abdi Hobor*
Emily Huaroco*
Carla Jovel*
Amna Kayani*
Dounia Lazreq*
Anisa Mahamed
Abita Mandi*
Ana Martinez*
Emmeline Mejia
Joelle Nkwantchoa Toundji*
Razan Salih*
Rabiya Sharieff*
Aditya Sorot*
Hebron Wakjra*
Tsiyon Wakjra*
James Watkins
Emma (Qianyi) Yang*

Reema J. Samaha Memorial Scholarship
Anonymous (2)
Lucilla Antwie
Jacob Barth
Natalia Bowyer
Claire de la Paz
Iris Nylund
Victoria Thomas

Alex Thomas Effort Award
Lillyan Jacobs

Wilens-Chu Memorial Scholarship
Rachel Mietlicki

*Renewed scholarship winners