Scholarship Winners

College Parents of America is proud to announce the following winners of the 2011-2012 Doug and Grace Laughlin Scholarship Program.

Please click on their names to read their stories. 

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Ruth Florian

Exceptional Leadership

Ruth Florian is from Houston, Texas. She is currently a freshman at Houston Baptist University, majoring in Elementary Education.Read More.

 

Judith Belford

First Generation College Student Judith is a four-year member of the Scottsbluff High School National Honor Society. She has received recognition as the top student in College Algebra. Read More.

 

Noama Iftekhar

Exceptional Leadership Noama will be attending the University of California at Berkley. She hopes to be a doctor or a biomedical engineer. Read More.

 

Alicia Donahue

First Generation College Student Alicia is passionate about helping children with disabilities. She helped raise an older brother afflicted with cerebral palsy and is a volunteer with the Marietta Memorial Hospital’s Pediatric Occupation, Physical and Speech Therapy Clinic.Read More.

Gloria Mejia-Cuellar

Exceptional Leadership
Gloria Jaqueline Mejia-Cuellar is a senior at Media Academy in Oakland, California and will attend Yale University this fall.Read More.

 

Carmen Izquierdo

First Generation College Student Carmen grew up in South Central Los Angeles as the youngest of 5 siblings of an immigrant family. Read More.

 

Joann Ruiz

Exceptional Leadership

Joann Ruiz is twenty-one years old and was raised by her Puerto Rican parents on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Read More.

 

Brooke Laviolette

First Generation College Student The first dream that Brooke had for her life was attending college. Read More.

 

Chelsea Williams

Exceptional Leadership Chelsea is a junior majoring in Sociology and minoring in Statistics at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. She intends to enroll in graduate school to advance her education in statistics.Read More.

 

Kelcey Little

First Generation College Student Kelcey loves taking care of children. Entering high school she enrolled in the Pre-Medicine Magnet. Read More.

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