by Wendy Poteat | Feb 2, 2023 | Scholarship Recipient
Google “go getter,” and you might find a picture of Makayla Key. In high school at Dudley, she was on the golf team, managed the women’s basketball team, founded of the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, earned her Girl Scout Gold Award and found time to ace all her...
by Wendy Poteat | Dec 15, 2022 | Scholarship Recipient
Keonna Elliott was born for life on the stage. “My mom and dad have always been very supportive and my brother as well,” she says. “They always knew that I wanted to be some kind of performer.” Elliott didn’t embrace that talent as a child. She says she was reserved...
by Wendy Poteat | Sep 22, 2022 | Scholarship Recipient
Hannah Williamson was just four years old when her parents divorced. “It was difficult, but I have a good relationship with both of my parents,” she says. That experienced shaped her childhood and set her on a path to her future. The middle child among three girls,...
by Wendy Poteat | Jun 8, 2022 | Scholarship Recipient
Three women under one roof. Lots of laughs, lots of shopping, just a little drama. “Sometimes there were difficulties, but we also had so much fun,” recalls Victory Drumwright. A Guilford County Schools student from the very start, Drumwright moved around a little...
by Wendy Poteat | Feb 2, 2022 | Scholarship Recipient
Gratitude comes naturally to Jenny Aguirre. “I’ve been lucky enough to always have a roof over my head, but there was a time we lived without electricity, without hot water, and that was tough.” Through her young eyes, she saw the world as few do. “When I was a child,...
by Wendy Poteat | Jan 4, 2022 | Scholarship Recipient
Zyon Richardson remembers her cousins graduating from college when she was just 13. “I said I want to be just like you. I want to go to college; I want to get a degree; I want to make my dreams come true.” Today she’s on her way to doing just that. Years before...
