Funders to approach for Stephanie Marie Burgos Scholarship Inc

Primary Exempt Purpose The purpose of The Stephanie Marie Burgos Scholarship, which was founded in 2008, is to encourage, in memory of Stephanie Marie Burgos, the pursuit of higher education by students who possess an enthusiasm for the fine and communication arts, have experienced adversity in their lives and demonstrate financial need. Each spring, The Stephanie Marie Burgos Scholarship, Inc. will select a high school senior to receive a yearly scholarship of $500 for up to four years, a total of $2,000, for the payment of academic expenses related to First Accomplishment On Thursday, May 8th, our Board members Jeanette Aquino, Charmaine Mayers, Fanny Mera and Sue Roye reserved their evening to review our application submissions. After careful review and deliberation, we welcomed our 2025 Scholar--Eleni Georgiadou a senior from Francis Lewis High School who entered Queens College in the fall 2025. Second Accomplishment In 2011, the organization created a peer support/mentorship program for the scholarship recipients to help the students build a support system within themselves as well as the board members who serves as mentors. Due to this program, the students/scholars finally got to personally meet each other, although they had informally met via social media, Facebook. It is the boards intention to have these scholars meet as often as possible to share their college experiences and keep them…