Chicagoland 2009 Scholarship Recipients
"Teen Driver" Category

	Britney Romano Bloom Trail High $7,500 SCHOLARSHIP "“Where I have been defines what I will become. .. Growing up was complicated, and having a major birth defect changed my life." more...
	Agnieszka Marszalik Willowbrook High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP “Engineering, for me, is a career in which I envision unlimited opportunities. Engineers are innovators, creators, inventors.” more...
	Gerald Bailey Merrillville High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP “For as long as I can remember I’ve always wanted to be my own boss and run my own company, in this case that company being my own record label.” more...
	Jessica Salazar Crete-Monee High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP “Bang! Crash! Pots falling, water boiling, frying pans sizzling and fire roaring! Ding! “Your order is up!”... I am in love with food, the smell, the taste, the colors, everything about it.” more...
	Tyler White Crystal Lake Central High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP “Each day I wonder why the amazing curiosity I see blossoms into passionate discovery for some, while being smoldered in countless others. It’s cases like these that spark my interest in the black-white achievement gap in education." more...
	Benjamin Kabialis Lyons Township North High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP “What drives me is an unbridled need to reach out to humanity. The culmination of our hopes, our dreams, and our national emotions are reflected in the film and performance of the era." more...
	Briana Hayes Morgan Park High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP “My goal is to be a juvenile judge, and no one, absolutely no one can tell me otherwise. Twenty-eight CPS students have died this school year. The 28th was the cousin of a close friend and on top of that he died near my neighborhood... it really hit home for me." more...
	Roxanne De Leon Maine East High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP “Pursuing an undergraduate degree in molecular and cellular biology, I hope to one day find myself in a research laboratory or a hospital, amalgamating immunology, pathology, and genetics to contribute to the progressive and ever changing world of science and health care." more...

Chicagoland 2009 Scholarship Recipients
"your turn behind the wheel"
Driver’s Ed Category

	Cecilia Reyes Bloom High $7,500 SCHOLARSHIP "My encounter with a stranger, whom I now believe suffered from a mental disorder, impacted my life greatly... This experience sparked my love for psycholgy and made me realize how cruel this world could be for those who are helplessly entrapped by their own minds." more...
	Samantha Osorio Grant Community High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP "I would love to go to college to become a social worker so I can help kids who feel lost, like my grandma did for me... For the first time, in a long time, I believe in myself and I believe in the kids I want to help." more...
	Aaron Echols West Chicago Community High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP "I want to go to college and get a degree in graphic design, and run my own business online making websites, logos, and print media for people and businesses. This is my dream job." more...
	Colleen Carrillo Oak Park and River Forest High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP "I have noticed the health and educational perception problems due to the health of my fellow students and have an immense propensity to help these people make better choices in how they take care of themselves that therefore affect how they study." more...
	Melanye Reid Mother McAuley Liberal Arts $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP "After I complete my four years at a university, I want to go to school to become a vet. Animals are my passion... animals are what drive me because I have a desire to help those who cannot help themselves." more...
	Robert Pieta New Trier High $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP "Today, I am driven by my curiosity of why the world operates how it does. My curiosity compels me to ask many questions and seek answers myself when teachers do not know. I believe this will help me prepare for the future ahead of me." more...

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