Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Tri-State Area (RMHC-NYSTA) has celebrated the seven recipients of its 2017 Asian Students Increasing Achievement Scholarship Program with an awards luncheon at the W Hotel Union Square in Manhattan. Seven $16,000 scholarships were awarded to the outstanding local high school seniors.
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Created in 2001, the RMHC/ASIA Scholarship Program has awarded over $1.6 million to Asian high school students in the New York Tri-State Area. As the largest scholarship of its kind, RMHC/ASIA annually grants individual college scholarships of $16,000 each to students in financial need who have demonstrated academic achievement, leadership and community involvement.
“The RMHC/ASIA Scholarship program was designed to address the reality that many Asian American students face significant financial barriers for higher education,” said Christopher Perry, Executive Director or RMHC-NYSTA. “We are incredibly proud to offer seven generous college scholarships this year to help these promising young students to achieve their dreams of obtaining a higher education.”
“With the increasing cost of college, not every family can afford their children’s tuition fees,” said McDonald’s franchisee Michael Anderer, President of the RMHC-NYTSA Board of Trustees and a member of this year’s scholarship selection committee. “We are committed to and are always happy to lend a helping hand to outstanding students in the community.”
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Nancy Cao, 18, of Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, received “Best Inequality Hack” at the Social Hacks Hackathon with her all-female team for their website, which strips gendered language and racial biases from job applications to promote diversity in the workplace.
Dong Zhi Guo, 18, of Westhill High School in Stamford, CT, is the editor in chief of her school’s newspaper, The Westword, and has led the publication to a Silver Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for journalistic excellence.
Mikako Inaba, 18, of Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, NJ, is the president of a school club, Foster the Children, working in the best interest of abused and neglected children living in the foster care system.
Noreen Mohsin, 18, of Townsend Harris High School in Queens, is president of her high school’s chapter of the ARCHON National Honor Society and has been captain of the girls cross country and track team for the past two years.
Gladis Philip, 18, of Saddle Brook High School in Saddle Brook, NJ, has volunteered for five different organizations and has completed over 795 hours of community service.
Tasfia Shawlin, 18, of Riverdale County School in the Bronx, started an after-school arts education program at an elementary school in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx.
Shaina Zafar, 17, of H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School in Franklin Square, started her school’s Red Cross Club and was one of the youngest students to participate in the 2016 Summer Youth Assembly at the United Nations.
By Premji
