Congratulations are in order for the 27 AFSCME Union Plus Scholarship winners. They are:
- Natalia Alzate of Bogota, New Jersey. Alzate, a member of AFSCME District Council 37, Local 2507, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
- Tiffany Ashton of Olyphant, Pennsylvania. Ashton, who is a member of AFSCME Council 87, Local 2333, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
- Caleb Blair of Granite City, Illinois. Blair, whose father, Chris Blair, is a member of AFSCME Council 31, Local 1964, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Olivia Brown of Lemont, Illinois. Brown, whose mother, Beth Porch-Brown, is a member of AFSCME Council 31, Local 3696, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Macie Frommie of Blue Earth, Minnesota. Frommie, whose mother, Lisa Frommie, is a member of AFSCME Council 65, Local 3953, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
- Caitilin Hall of Seattle, Washington. Hall, a member of AFSCME Council 28, Local 795, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Maahum Hamayat of West Chicago, Illinois. Hamayat, whose father, Hasnain Hamayat, is a member of AFSCME Council 31, Local 2258, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Isabella Hart of Amsterdam, New York. Hart, whose mother, Marguerite Hart, is a member of CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Hunter Haynes of Castalia, Ohio. Haynes, whose father, Jason Haynes, is a member of AFSCME Council 8, Local 1519, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
- Laci Joseph of Washington, D.C. Joseph, whose mother, Maria Jones, is a member of AFSCME Council 20, Local 1808, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Rachel Katkar of Blaine, Minnesota. Katkar, who is a member of AFSCME Council 5, Local 3800, has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship.
- Britney Kuhn of Volant, Pennsylvania. Kuhn, whose mother, Vonda Kuhn, is a member of AFSCME Council 84, Local 819, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Ryan Lewis of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Lewis, whose father, Ryan D. Lewis, is a member of AFSCME Council 84, Local 2370, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Sarah Lira of Woodson, Illinois. Lira, whose legal guardians, Mitchell Smith and Courtney Smith, are members of AFSCME Council 31, Locals 3549 and 805, respectively, has been awarded a $4,000 scholarship.
- Emilee Little of Chemung, New York. Little, whose mother, Marie Little, is a member of CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
- Kayla Marold of Central Falls, Rhode Island. Marold, who is a member of AFSCME Council 93, Local 1489, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
- Samantha Martinez of Wailuku, Hawai`i. Martinez, whose mother, Kristy Bugtong, is a member of HGEA/AFSCME Local 152, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Tanzania Merriweather of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Merriweather, who is a member of AFSCME Council 3, Local 3661, has been awarded a $550 scholarship.
- Kesiah Philpot of Stansbury Park, Utah. Philpot, whose father, Jerry Philpot, is a member of AFSCME Local 1004, has been awarded a $550 scholarship.
- Gianna Pozzi of Spring Valley, Illinois. Pozzi, whose mother, JoAnn Pozzi, is a member of AFSCME Council 31, Local 2615, has been awarded a $550 scholarship.
- Carson Robb of Kaysville, Utah. Robb, a member of AFSCME Local 1004, has been awarded a $4,000 scholarship.
- Alena Scott of Hamilton, Ohio. Scott, whose mother, Yvette Scott, is a member of OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4, has been awarded a $550 scholarship.
- Elise Slaughter of Arverne, New York. Slaughter, whose mother, Michelle Louis-Juste, is a member of AFSCME District Council 37, Local 372, has been awarded a $550 scholarship.
- Nellani Sullivan of Carmi, Illinois. Sullivan, whose father, James Bryan Sullivan, is a member of AFSCME Council 31, Local 3775, has been awarded a $550 scholarship.
- Savannah Talley of Grants Pass, Oregon. Talley, whose mother, Sarah Talley, is a member of AFSCME Council 75, Local 2619, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
- Lindsay Tebeck of Walla Walla, Washington. Tebeck, a member of AFSCME Council 2, Local 1191, has been awarded a $500 scholarship.
- Giovanni Verdi of Medford, New York. Verdi, whose mother, Jessica Verdi, is a member of CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000, has been awarded a $550 scholarship.
The Union Plus Scholarship program, sponsored by the Union Plus Education Foundation, offers eligible applicants from AFSCME and other unions a way to defray the cost of higher education. These are one-time cash awards ranging from $500 to $4,000. Students may re-apply annually.
Since 1991, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $5.2 million to students of working families who want to begin or continue their post-secondary education. More than 3,600 families have benefited from Union Plus’s commitment to higher education.