2020 STEMINIST Scholarship Program
In February 2020, Calculated Genius opened up the application form for the STEMINIST scholarship program which provides financial support to Chicagoland area women pursuing college degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM). By the time applications closed on May 3, 2020, we received a total of 71 eligible applications!
Calculated Genius is proud to share that we awarded fifteen (15) freshman women with scholarships totaling $40,000 for the 2020-2021 academic school year.
“The selection committee was extremely impressed by the number of highly qualified applicants. Receiving this scholarship is a testament to your outstanding accomplishments”, Kelley Francis, Calculated Genius Executive Director, shared with the awardees .
In an effort to help close the gender gap and support more women on their path to succeed in STEM, Calculated Genius is proud to support and encourage women to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering or math by recognizing their talents with financial awards and additional support thereafter. The scholarship recipients are asked to partake in mentoring sessions which look to provide career readiness and overall support to them during their college career.
In order to be eligible to apply, applicants had to be a female graduating high school student who plans on majoring in STEM in college, a minimum 3.0 GPA, and come from the Chicago metropolitan area. Complete and eligible applications were reviewed and judged based on academic achievements and records, community involvement or volunteerism, letters of recommendation and essay content.
Congratulations to the fifteen (15) women who were selected to receive scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic school year. The students include:
Allison Cavallo graduated from Whitney M Young Magnet High School (Chicago Public High School) and will attend Brown University for Environmental Engineering.
Anayah Scott graduated from Kenwood Academy High School (Chicago Public High School) and will attend Amherst College to study Neuroscience.
Audrey Nelson graduated from Whitney M Young Magnet High School (Chicago Public High School) and will attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for Bioengineering.
Carina Huerta graduated from Trinity High School and will attend the University of Illinois at Chicago for Bioengineering.
Hannah Adams graduated from Walter Payton College Prep (Chicago Public High School) and will attend Williams College to study Biology.
Luria Tapia graduated from John Hancock College Preparatory High School (Chicago Public High School) and will attend Case Western Reserve University as an Undecided Engineering major.
Mikayla Kantorski graduated from Wauconda High School and will attend the University of Alabama for Computer Science.
Molly Wehrenberg graduated from Northside College Preparatory (Chicago Public High School) and will attend the University of California Los Angeles for Computer science and engineering.
Samantha Calderon graduated from Victor J Andrew High School and will attend Northwestern University majoring in Biology.
Samiyyah Hardison graduated from Kenwood Academy High School and will attend
Howard University majoring in Biology and Mathematics.
Sarah Skolozynski graduated from St. Ignatius College Prep and will attend Boston College majoring in Biology.
Sofia Rogel graduated from Frederick Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center (Chicago Public High School) and will attend California Polytechnic State majoring in Biomedical Engineering.
Udoka Nwansi graduated from Niles North High School and will be attending the University of Michigan majoring in Computer Science.
Victoria Grove graduated from Victor J Andrew High School and will be attending
Florida Atlantic University for Biology.
Zoe Swick graduated from Victor J Andrew High School and will be attending the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) majoring in Biochemistry.
Sponsor a Scholarship Recipient
Did you know that in 2020, Calculated Genius provided a total of $40,000 in scholarships to female students pursuing STEM degrees at the collegiate level? These scholarships range from $1,000, $2,000 to $5,000.
Are you or your company interested in sponsoring s STEMINIST scholarship recipient? Consider a donation of $1,000, $2,000 or $5,000 today!
Contact Kelley Francis today or donate through our Pledgeling page below!
