s MELLFIN Scholarship Program
2017 Scholarship Applications Period is Closed!
The MELLFIN Scholarships are annual scholarship awards for current or former ESOL students in Maryland who are currently seniors in high school and have demonstrated a commitment to attend college. MELLFIN is facilitating multiple scholarship awards to recognize excellence and support students in realizing their college aspirations. The total award for each student recipient will be $1,000 to help cover costs associated with college attendance.
Additionally, student applicants from Howard County Public Schools will be considered for two St. John United Church Scholarships facilitated in collaboration with MELLFIN.
Eligible student applicants must:
- currently be enrolled and classified as a senior in Maryland Public Schools
- currently be in an ESOL program or have exited the ESOL program within the past three (3) years
- currently have a GPA of 3.0 or better
- be on track to graduate in Spring 2017
2016 MELLFIN Scholarship Recipients
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa Scholarship Award
Yuwei Tang, Walt Whitman High School
Montgomery County Public Schools
Mawi Asgedom Scholarship Award
Elshadaye Gebreyesus, Northwestern High School
Prince George’s County Public Schools
MELLFIN Scholarship
Karen Mellisa Diaz, Gaithersburg High School
Montgomery County Public Schools
Sonia Nazario Scholarship Award
Gabriela Beatriz Arias, Glen Burnie High School Anne Arundel County Public Schools
St. John United Church Scholarship Awards
Junseok Oh, Mt. Hebron High School
Ana-Karen Piña Rico, Long Reach High School
Howard County Public Schools
2015 Scholarship Award Recipient
MELLFIN Scholarship
Duona Lim, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Prince George’s County Public Schools
Sonia Nazario Scholarship Award
Adilia Diaz, Annapolis Senior High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa Scholarship Award
Winnie Khanhdim, Frederick High School, Frederick County Public Schools
2014 Scholarship Award Recipient
Senait Zewdu, High Point High School, Prince George's County Public Schools