“I would like thank you so much for blessing me with your scholarship. I am taking advantage of all opportunities at my campus and I wouldn’t be able to do so without the generosity of you all. Thank you for your willingness to invest in me, I greatly appreciate it.”
Amari Childs
2023 Gil & Jameece Pinckney Scholarship Recipient
Our Scholars
We are beyond proud of our scholars! Many have overcome significant hurdles to get where they are, and we know they will bring energy and determination to their chosen fields.
We welcome a new class of first-year scholars each summer into the Ophelia family – meet these remarkable students.
- 2023
- Kyla Jones, Middletown High School Penn State University (University Park)
- Amira Childes, Manassas Park High School North Carolina A&T State University
- 2021
- Skyelar Montgomery, West Springfield, High School University of California, Berkeley
- Solenne Montgomery, West Springfield, High School Virginia State University
- David Kneebone, Urbana High School University of Maryland at College Park
- 2020
- Gloria Asante, Frederick High School University of Maryland
- Natasha White, Urbana High School University of Rochester
- Catherine Soto, Robert E. Lee High School Bryn Mawr College
- 2019
- Lea Jih-Vieira, Middletown High School Cornell University
- Ariel Liu, Park View High School University of Virginia
- Destiny McKenzie, Manassas Park High School North Carolina A&T State University
- 2018
- Jasmine Morgan, Thomas Edison High School Pennsylvania State University
- Yosef Sendek, Washington Lee High School Albright College
- Mickayla Bacorn, Middletown High School University of Maryland Baltimore County
- 2017
- Emily Burns, Run High School High Point University
- Brie Gisseman, Tuscarora High School Brigham Young University
- Morgan Freiberg, Valley High University of Virginia
CLASS OF 2024 SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATION AVAILABLE NOW!
DEADLINE IS MARCH 31, 2024