Meet our 2017 scholars!
Meet our 2017 scholars! We are so proud and humbled to announce our 2017...
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The Esperanza Education Fund provides college scholarships and professional mentorship to local immigrant students regardless of national origin, ethnicity, or immigration status.
With nowhere else to turn, immigrant students turn to Esperanza to help them attend college and succeed when they get there.
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Our mentors are key to the long-term success of our scholars as they navigate college and embark on their careers.
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We build a one-of-a-kind community of young, promising immigrant students, new philanthropists and volunteers from all walks of life.
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Meet Our Scholars
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Luleit: Scholar (2017)
Luleit is a political asylee from Ethiopia, who at 13 helped keep her family afloat by working...Read more -
Aya: Scholar (2017)
Aya is a Syrian refugee who had to flee her home and leave all her belongings behind to...Read more -
Juanita: Scholar (2017)
Juanita is a Colombian immigrant, the first in her family to go to college, who founded an...Read more -
Victoria: Scholar (2017)
Victoria is an immigrant from Uruguay who aspires to be an elementary school or ESL teacher. She...Read more -
Gilson: Scholar (2017)
Gilson is an immigrant from El Salvador who, upon arriving in his Maryland high school, enrolled in...Read more -
Maeov: Scholar (2017)
Maeov is the daughter of Iraqi Kurdish refugees who maintained a 4.4 GPA, was ranked seventh in...Read more -
Vidalia: Scholar (2017)
Vidalia is an El Salvadorian immigrant who came to the United States alone, and while working full-time...Read more -
Fawziyah: Scholar (2017)
Fawziyah is an immigrant from Nigeria, who, upon finding out that her high school did not offer...Read more -
Alaaeldin: Scholar (2017)
Alaaeldin is a Sudanese refugee who spent his childhood in Egypt, where his father was briefly imprisoned,...Read more -
Nida: Scholar (2016)
Nida, whose parents are from Pakistan, speaks four different languages, despite having lost her hearing as a...Read more -
Abi: Scholar (2016)
Abigail, whose parents are from the Philippines, endured poverty, hunger, and eviction throughout her childhood, and was...Read more -
Bryan: Scholar (2016)
Bryan is an immigrant from Peru who plays the flute and the piccolo in six different community...Read more -
Anastasia: Scholar (2016)
Anastasia is an immigrant from Kyrgyzstan who, during high school, committed 30 hours a week to community...Read more -
Oriella: Scholar (2016)
Oriella, whose parents are immigrants from Chile and El Salvador, is an aspiring family physician who coordinates blood...Read more -
Ngozi: Scholar (2016)
Ngozi fled Nigeria with her mother to escape a difficult and tumultuous home life. After starting high...Read more -
Suhani: Scholar (2016)
Suhani, an immigrant from Nepal, graduated third in her high school class and served as president of...Read more -
Tensaye: Scholar (2013)
Tensaye, only two years after immigrating from rural Ethiopia, was selected to lead more than 2,000 JROTC...Read more -
Santiago: Scholar (2012)
Santiago is an Ecuadorian immigrant who earned straight A’s in an advanced curriculum while working 20 hours...Read more -
Rahat: Scholar (2015)
Rahat is an immigrant from Bangladesh who worked 30 hours a week during high school to save enough...Read more -
Khanh: Scholar (2015)
Khanh is a Vietnamese immigrant who, in seven years in the United States, attended seven different schools. During this...Read more -
Kha: Scholar (2009)
Kha is the son of vegetable farmers in rural Vietnam who came to the U.S. when he was...Read more -
Keisna: Scholar (2014)
Keisna is a recent immigrant from El Salvador who joined her mother in the United States without any knowledge...Read more -
Georges: Scholar (2015)
Georges is a refugee from Cameroon whose family fled because of his father’s membership in the country’s opposition party....Read more -
Enji: Scholar (2014)
Enji is a Mongolian immigrant who was valedictorian of her class, revived her school’s Red Cross Club, and...Read more -
Gloribel: Scholar (2013)
Gloribel, an immigrant from El Salvador, maintained a 3.8 GPA and won a statewide speech competition while taking...Read more -
Brian: Scholar (2014)
Brian is the son of Portuguese immigrants and earned straight A’s throughout high school. Heserved as a Boy...Read more -
Brenda: Scholar (2014)
Brenda is a Mexican immigrant who won first place in the regional science fair in Environmental Science and started...Read more -
Bibiana: Scholar (2013)
Bibiana (Bibi) immigrated from Mexico nine years ago and rose to become president and valedictorian of her...Read more -
Amy: Scholar (2013)
The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Amy played in her high school orchestra while working 25 hours a...Read more -
Stephanie Martinez: Alum and Alumni Committee Chair
Stephanie Martinez, Alumni Committee Chair, started her journey with Esperanza as a scholar in 2011. Born in...Read more -
Rubi: Scholar (2014)
Rubi, an immigrant from Nepal, was ranked in the top 2% of her high school class. She took...Read more -
Sairam: Scholar (2010)
Sairam, an immigrant from India, attended Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland, where he earned an...Read more
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Around the World!
On Giving Tuesday, Esperanza hosted an Around the World wine tasting. Not only...
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