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Leslie De La Cruz Luevano

Leslie is currently studying Accounting at DMACC, which is a partnering school that will MATCH recipients’ scholarships, so Leslie will receive a total of $1000 towards her education. In her heartfelt essay, Leslie wrote about her struggle with her...

Bahati Eleson

Bahati is currently studying Nursing at DMACC, which is a partnering school that will MATCH recipients’ scholarships, so Bahati will receive a total of $1000 towards her education. In her astounding essay, Bahati opened up about the struggles of...

Amel Bajramovic

The principal requirements for the DREAM Iowa scholarship are that the student is a high school senior or enrolled in college, demonstrates the spirit to overcome adversity, and commitment to our immigrant community. Because Amel was also present at...

Bandana Shetisural

Bandana is currently studying Pre-Med at Iowa State University. In her touching essay, Bandana wrote about the gender inequality that was prevalent in the refugee camp she grew up in, in Nepal. Despite this, Bandana wrote that her parents...

Andrea Guttierez

Andrea is currently studying Architecture at Iowa State University. In her moving essay, Andrea wrote about the struggle of living in a mixed status family, and living with the very real threat of her family’s deportation. This sort of...

Yabsira Tekle

Please join us in congratulating Yabsira Tekle, one of the recipients of our Youth Leadership Summit scholarship raffle. Our annual YLS event is free and open to middle school, high school, and college-aged youth. For the 2nd consecutive year,...

Caroly Coronado-Vargas

Caroly is currently studying Data Science at Iowa State University. In her outstanding essay, Caroly noted that like many immigrant students, her parents always assured her that furthering her education was the key to a stable life. In her...

Paco Peña Medina

Paco is currently studying Actuarial Science at Iowa State University, In his noteworthy essay, Paco credits a lot of his success to his parents, remembering how they were always telling him “Ponte las pilas!” Paco went above and beyond,...

Padam Biswa

She is currently studying Pre-Med at Iowa State University. In her very poignant essay, Padam recalled growing up under a caste system in Nepal under which she and her family were labeled as “the untouchable”. Her family spent almost...

Dayana Nicole Marinero Cea

Dayana is planning to study Pre-Med. In her moving essay, Dayana wrote about her struggles in moving to the United States at 13 years old, “with a luggage full of pictures and small artifacts that would help me remember...