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Melrose High Schooler Wins Scholarship Award For Higher Education
Melrose high school senior Meghan Radzik won $2,000 through Digital Federal Credit Union's 2023 annual scholarship program.
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MELROSE, MA – A Melrose high school student has won a scholarship award from the Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) to invest in her higher education.
Meghan Radzik won $2,000 through DCU’s 2023 annual scholarship program and charitable foundation, DCU for Kids. The program aims to improve the quality of life for youth within its member base, and awards funds to 80 graduating high school seniors across the country.
Recipients were chosen by a panel of college educators who based their decisions on scholastic achievement, community involvement, leadership skills, character and integrity, recommendation letters, and an essay.
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To date, DCU for Kids has made charitable donations that total over $23,000,000.
Below is a full list of the winners.
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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
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