Last month, our 7th Scholar was selected. His name is Lisaul Diaz, from the Bronx Academy of Letters High School.
Lisaul was described by his math teacher as a student with "great integrity, a deep thinker who cares passionately about learning, a true renanissance man who has only just begun to explore the possibilities that await him".
The board, including Alex Agrinsoni and Diana Diaz-Torres, reviewed his application and were impressed with his ability to bring light and positivity to experiences most would just describe as difficult hardships. He finds beauty in what some may describe as ugly from the area he grew up in the South Bronx. His love for his culture was also evident. The essay did not reflect a line by line descrpition of how challenges has impeded him instead described how his experiences has empowered him. Something we did not find in any other essay.
We were honored to present Lisaul with the first installment of the scholarship and a certificate from our organization on Tuesday June 10th at an award ceremony at his high school, Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters. Karen Texiera Hernandez, one of our board members, presented Lisaul after giving a beautiful speech about the organization and reason Lisaul was selected to be our seventh scholarship recepient.
Lisaul will be heading to SUNY Albany in the fall 2014. We are excited for him to start this new chapter of his academic life and glad we can be a support to him.
His application was selected from a strong aspiring group of 22 applicants citywide from the many scholarship applications sent to all of the public schools in the five boroughs of New York City. We wish the rest of the applicants the best of luck in all of their future endeavors.
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