Scholarship Finalist: Matthew Kaplan
When we were little, my brother, Josh, and I went on epic adventures, confined only by our imaginations and the walls of our backyard. I was older (by an entire year AND a half), but…
Scholarship Finalist: Alyssa Luis
As I was growing up, it wasn’t unusual to hear my mom up late at night pounding on the keys of her calculator with a check book in front of her. Being a single parent didn’t make…
Scholarship Finalist: Joseph Zirille
Starting Young: Bluehand Entertainment In 2010, a love for music, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a new idea for a business led my best friend and me to found Bluehand Entertainment, LLC, a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based disc…
Scholarship Finalist: Alex Lin
How to Be Humble, How to Hustle After over a decade of helping my parents with their businesses, I understand the physical and emotional pain that is associated with many forms of labor. As a…
Scholarship Finalist: Anish Aggarwal
A New Take on Learning Most 7 year olds receive a bicycle or an iPod for their birthdays. I, on the other hand, received a financial simulation called “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” After sobbing sheepishly (like a Harvard…