MIAMI, FL (June 4, 2018) — South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union (SFEFCU) awarded 15 Four-Year Florida Prepaid University Tuition Scholarships during its 23rd annual Hubert O. Sibley Scholarship Ceremony held on May 24th. This year’s recipients represent Miami-Dade and Broward County Schools.
SFEFCU President and CEO, Michael DiBenedetto, Scholarship Committee Chair, Olga Botero, and M-DCPS board member, Dr. Lawrence Feldman, honored the scholarship winners and their families who accompanied them for the ceremony.
During the intimate ceremony, the scholarship recipients and their parents graciously took turns sharing how they anticipate this scholarship will impact their lives. “I thank the scholarship committee, board of directors and the Credit Union for this scholarship and their dedication to this community and to education”, said Alexander Freund, father of scholarship winner, Amanda Freund.
Since 1995, SFEFCU has awarded more than $3 million in scholarships to 300 college bound students. Scholarship applications are made available in February of each year, and the winners are announced in May. To learn more, visit www.sfefcu.org/scholarships.
SFEFCU 2018 Hubert O. Sibley Four-Year Florida Prepaid University
Tuition Scholarship recipients:
| Ashley Aguiar
Matthew Bishop-Raphael Johab Cezaire Gino Chaviano Amanda Freund Sydney Kramer Delanie Maier Kara Mckinney Alejandro Mendez-Ruiz Faith Miller Yeilin Montes Trelvin Payne Jr. Victoria Pressley Anabella Vazquez Carla Vazquez |
Miami Springs Senior High School
North Miami Beach Senior High School William H. Turner Technical Arts High School Coral Reef Senior High School Southwest Miami High School New World School of the Arts West Broward High School Southwest Miami High School TERRA Environmental Research Institute Medical Academy for Science & Technology (MAST) – Homestead Miami Jackson Senior High School Miami Senior High School Miami Lakes Educational Center School for Advanced Studies – South Miami Palmetto Senior High School |
South Florida Educational Federal Credit Union’s 2018 Hubert O. Sibley Four-Year Florida Prepaid Tuition Scholarship winners.
Yeilin Montes, Johab Cezaire, Alejandro Mendez-Ruiz, Trelvin Payne Jr., Gino Chaviano, Matthew Bishop-Raphael, Faith Miller, Kara Mckinney, Amanda Freund, Ashley Aguiar, Anabella Vazquez, Carla Vazquez, Delanie Maier, Victoria Pressley.
Established in 1935 by school employees in Miami, EdFed is a not-for-profit financial institution serving over 100,000 members with a full range of lending and deposit solutions. With over $1.6 billion in assets, EdFed is the largest credit union headquartered in Miami-Dade County and operates eight branch locations across South Florida. For more information on EdFed, please call (305) 270-5250.
Ciara LaVelle
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