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Seventy two high-school senior students were awarded scholarships totaling $1,421,000 from 18 scholarship funds:
- Coral Gables Community Foundation Scholarship
- Coral Gables Culinary Arts Scholarship
- Dr. Thomas E. Deal Medical Scholarship
- Erickson and Zoellers Scholarship
- Garcia Perseverance Scholarship
- Coral Gables Bar Association Scholarship in Memory of Ervin Gonzalez
- 1980 Cavaliers Boys Soccer State Championship Scholarship in Memory of Team Captain Bruce Hayes
- High Achievement Scholarship
- Kerdyk Family Trust Music Scholarship
- Ralph V. Moore Scholarship for Cavalier Excellence
- Julian Perez Memorial Scholarship;
- Dave Ragan Jr. Memorial Golf Scholarship
- Rotary Foundation of Coral Gables Scholarship
- Shine Bright Scholarship
- Jeannett Slesnick Community Spirit Scholarship
- Luke Sturgill Memorial Scholarship
- Lady Suzanna P. Tweed Scholarship
- Walter & Alma Vogel Memorial Scholarship
- Zubizarreta First-Gen Student Scholarship
- Mitchell Zuñiga Scholarship
Dignitaries, Foundation Board Members, donors and the scholarship recipients and their families celebrated at the annual Scholarship Reception hosted at the Newman Alumni Center on the campus of the University of Miami.
“The generosity of our visionary fund holders and donors has allowed us to award more this year in scholarships than we have in the history of the Community Foundation,” said Matthew Meehan, Scholarship Committee Chair, Community Foundation Board Member and philanthropist. Mr. Meehan concluded the ceremony with a challenge to the students to give back to the community that has supported them and to use their education and skills to make a difference by paying it forward to the next generation.
The Community Foundation would like to thank The Batchelor Foundation and The Kirk Foundation for their continued support.
2024 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES
Melody Abbassi; Penelope Acevedo; Lia Alongi; William G. Altamirano; Alicia Amador; Moon Jayne Anderson; Micheily Arduengo; Mohammad Aziz; Johnny Barahona; Johnny Ramses Barahona; Ignace Inaki Barrenechea; Hamyail Bokhari; Yanquiel Bosques; Alexander Michael Brazda; Brandon Bueno; Ashley M. Cabrera; Robert Capetillo; Cleider J. Cartaya; Carolina Castro; Ailyn Chaviano; Timothee Paul Chiquillo; Emmanuelle Zoe Desmet; Naissa Esperance; Sofia Katarina Felan; Ludvig Fellstrom; Stefano Gabriel Fernandini; Tania Marcela Fuentes Cana; Osmany Garcia-Merlo; Amalia Garrido; Theodore Alijah Gibson; Santiago Giraldo; Valentina Gutierrez; Jamar J Howard; Roosevelt Jean-Mary Jr.; Emily Marie Kardjian; Bailey S Knight; Ebonie Jade Knight; Bailey S. Knight; Audrey Milla Lezcano; Isabella Lozada Flechas; Sara Ursula Matos Tamargo; Gabriela McGrath Moreira; Madison Lucianna Mendoza; Isabella Montagner; Sebastian Montoya; Alessandro Emilio Moran; Natalie Muniz; Denisse Oliva; Samuel Armando Orellana-Rapal; Gael Perez; Camila Perez-Clavarino; Ylitanie Prosper; Sara Victoria Rafael; Georgia Margaret Rau; Olivia Silvie Rebull; Laura Ridoux; Alexandra Noelle Roa; Anabella Christina Rodriguez; Lorena Rodriguez; Dominick Rodriguez-Alvarez; Joshua Ruiz; Steffi Sarmiento Mena; Juan Subero Bellizzio; Yeili Useche; Ava Volman.
ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Coral Gables Community Foundation is honored to partner with fund holders to administer several scholarship funds in the community as well as manage the Community Foundation’s own scholarship funds.
ABOUT CORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Established in 1991, the Coral Gables Community Foundation inspires impactful philanthropy through charitable funds and programs using local knowledge, expertise and trusted relationships. More at www.GablesFoundation.org
For more information or for media resources and interviews, please contact Marketing and Program Manager Robertson Adams, via robertson@gablesfoundation.org or 305-446-9670.
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