File photo courtesy Posse Foundation
Fifteen Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) students are recipients of full-tuition, four-year college scholarships awarded by the Posse Foundation.
The students were honored at a ceremony on Jan. 8 at the Lincoln Theatre, according to an announcement from MCPS.
The Posse program identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential that may have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes.
Nationally, more than 65 colleges and universities each offer full-tuition, merit scholarships to students throughout the country and create multicultural teams—called Posses—on each campus. These student teams receive professional guidance before and throughout college and provide support to one another.
On campus, these students serve in important leadership roles.
Below is a list of this year’s MCPS Posse scholarship recipients. The students come from 11 high schools and will be attending six different colleges.
- German Diaz-Pena, Rockville High School, attending University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Love Shama Georges, Thomas Edison High School of Technology, attending Lafayette College
- Sabrina Isayas, James Hubert Blake High School, attending Layfayette College
- Amber Johnson, James Hubert Blake High School, attending Bucknell University
- Devin Kim, Walt Whitman High School, attending Lewis & Clark College
- Marvin Kongo, Rockville High School, attending University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Khadidiatou (Khadi) Ndiaye, Albert Einstein High School, attending Lewis & Clark College
- Candice Nsoga-Mahob, Walter Johnson High School, attending Lafayette College
- Eva Lake Olan, Watkins Mill High School, attending Sewanee: The University of the South
- Kaia Sanders, Seneca Valley High School, attending University of Rochester
- Miguel Uriarte-Giron, Thomas S. Wootton High School, attending Bucknell University
- Ricardo Gomez Vera, Thomas S. Wootton High School, attending University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Niharika Wadehra,Watkins Mill High School, attending University of Rochester
- Sandriene Wiggins, Poolesville High School, attending University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Shelby Wilson, Northwood High School, attending Sewanee: The University of the South
File photo courtesy Posse Foundation
