Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU), a not-for-profit financial cooperative offering a full range of financial services to consumers and businesses, announced the recipients of the 2023 Annual Scholarship Program. DCU for Kids, the credit union’s charitable foundation that strives to improve the quality of life for children within its member footprint, awarded the funds to 80 graduating high school seniors across the country.
For more than 20 years, DCU for Kids has underwritten the scholarship program that is designed to assist students in the pursuit of a higher education with just over $1.9 million in scholarships awarded to date. Recipients were chosen by an impartial panel of college educators who base their decisions on scholastic achievement, community involvement, leadership skills, character and integrity, recommendation letters, and an essay.
DCU places a priority on investing in the communities of its one million plus members through initiatives such as the Annual Scholarship Program. The program will accept applications for 2024 high school graduates starting in December of 2023. Please visit the DCU for Kids website in late-November of 2023 for information.
DCU congratulates the following students who received scholarships:
2023 $2,500 Scholarship Winners:
Akhil Ganesan - Centreville, VA
Alice Cao-Dao - Centreville, VA
Ananya Nandyala - Frisco, TX
Anisha Chopra - Sandusky, OH
Calista Pearlstone - Palm City, FL
Daniel Porotov - Huntingdon Valley, PA
Eshika Kudaravalli - Hoover, AL
Jose Xavier Hidalgo Burgos - Bay Shore, NY
Keshav Sriram - Lewis Center, OH
Louis Geer - San Antonio, TX
Madylin Maron Galbreath - Ellwood City, PA
Nathan Hammerschmitt Le Gal - Lynn, MA
Norah Dishong - Parker, CO
Poorvi Mohanakrishnan - Marlborough, MA
Salome Princess Agbaroji - Artesia, CA
Sara Kaufman - Hollywood, FL
Shanmathi Gunasekaran - Alpharetta, GA
Sonnet Xu - Troy, MI
Sophiya Shehzad Sami - Bellaire, TX
Urjasree Pamulapati - Cumming, GA
2023 $2,000 Scholarship Winners:
Aditi Dosi - Shrewsbury, MA
Amirdhini C Pechiammal - Bedford, NH
Benjamin Hudson McBride - Louisville, KY
Carson Wang - Glen Allen, VA
Chancen Law - Kaneohe, HI
Dalton David Burkhart - Hudson, MA
Ethan Wang - Gatlinburg, TN
Garrett Hickman - Crystal River, FL
Hope Adedokun - Phoenixville, PA
Jackson Henry Darling - Kennewick, WA
Jeremy Eatough - Centerville, OH
Jolie Boudreaux - Morgan City, LA
Khushi Mathur - Tampa, FL
Klete Jay Beel - Marble Hill, MO
Leel Dias - West Windsor, NJ
Meghan Radzik - Melrose, MA
Naomi Scott - Lomita, CA
Puja Chopade - Madison, AL
Rohit Paradkar - Newton, MA
Shivansh Raj Bansal - King of Prussia, PA
2023 $1,500 Scholarship Winners:
Alexander Massimo Vrbensky - Crofton, MD
Alexandra Ebanks - Centerport, NY
Anna Kove - Las Vegas, NV
Ashley Hinostroza-Villacorta - Conover, NC
Audrey LaConte - Wilmington, MA
Aylin Martin Garcia - Las Vegas, NV
Brett Patrick - Deer Park, NY
Brianna Nicole Oates - Cypress, TX
Courtney Grace True - Coventry, RI
Douglas Frederick Tavolette - Victor, NY
Emily Lee Guan - San Jose, CA
Golnaz Ahmadieh - Lafayette, CA
Grace Beaster - Duluth, MN
Hamsini Tankala - Apex, NC
Ipsa Dua - Frisco, TX
Jaden Huehl - Sylvan Grove, KS
Kira Casler - Hamilton, NJ
Lakshita Madhavan - Morris Plains, NJ
Laura Kopec - Clearwater, FL
Laura Lee - Northborough, MA
Leilani Co - Fairfax, VA
Madison Gillon - Grove City, OH
Mehar Bhasin - Lakeville, CT
Meshwa Patel - Tyngsborough, MA
Mia Cardoso - Clark, NJ
Neha Chopade - Madison, AL
Olivia Ries - Burbank, CA
Parker Randall Scott - Zachary, LA
Phong Nguyen - Worcester, MA
Piper Megellas - Galena, MO
Raina Nicole Ford - Bolingbrook, IL
Ritali Jain - San Jose, CA
Rodrigo Guizar Jr. - Yuma, AZ
Samuel J. Warner - Hurricane, WV
Samyak Shrimali - Portland, OR
Sydney Prescott - Dunstable, MA
Tyler Lang - Seymour, CT
Yasmin Salerno - Natick, MA
Zachary Darling - Kennewick, WA
Zachary Taylor - Spencer, NY