Student Stories

Having come to the U.S. at age 15 as a refugee with no English, she graduated college with a double major and plans to become an attorney.

Although he’d been accepted to several law schools, he did not have the financial resources to attend until connecting to The Scholarship Fund. He has since opened his own law firm.

Served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the World Evangelical Alliance, co-founder of Seek the Peace.

Coping with a lifelong medical condition, he did not see any way he could make it through college. With help from The Scholarship Fund, he is now living his dream as director of music.

A lack of financial resources almost kept him from finishing college. Now he serves in the Office of Naval Research as a systems engineer and technical analyst.  

Early into sobriety after twenty years of serious addiction, he knew education was his answer. With help from The Scholarship Fund, he now has a full-time job and an associate’s degree.

He is the first person in his family to earn a college degree. With our financial help and his own hard work, he now has a career as an environmental health and safety specialist.

She is the first person in her family to graduate high school and, with help from The Scholarship Fund, the first to attend college. Now she is certified in Microsoft Office.

She says it does take a village to raise a child, and The Scholarship Fund was certainly part of her village. Now she’s earned her doctorate in education.

She says The Scholarship Fund not only provided her with financial support, but also with a mentor who helped her reach her goals. She is now a staffing specialist in human resources.