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Meet the 2020 New Visions Scholarship Winners

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Each year, New Visions is privileged to award exceptional high school seniors with scholarships of up to $20,000 to offset the cost of attending the colleges of their choice.

Nominated by their principals and teachers at New Visions schools, these scholars excel academically, serve as leaders in their school communities and care deeply about social justice issues impacting the world and the communities in which they live.

Learn more about this year’s ten New Visions scholarship recipients below!

Barakat Abdul, Young Women's Leadership School Class of 2020, attending Cornell University for Biomedical Engineering.

Jackelinne Claros, Bronx Center for Science & Mathematics Class of 2020, attending Dartmouth College to study neuroscience.

Profile of Youssef Hasweh, Fort Hamilton High School Class of 2020, attending University of Chicago for Political Science.

Sophia Loreto, Fort Hamilton High School Class of 2020, attending University of Southern California for human biology.

Aidah Masoud, Class of 2020 at World View High School, planning to attend NYU for Global Liberal Studies and History.

Fyrose Nower, Class of 2020 from East Bronx Academy of the Future, plans to study computer science at SUNY Buffalo.

Alejandro Parra, Advanced Math & Science IV class of 2020, attending Syracuse University with an undeclared major.

Arlette Perez, Central Park East High School class of 2020, plans to attend New York University for applied psychology.

Diana Rodriguez, Manhattan Bridges High School class of 2020, plans to attend SUNY Maritime for Mechanical Engineering.

Mariam Tigane, Class of 2020, Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn, future student at University of Pennsylvania.