Scholarship Recipients

2022

Nihar Patel
Crooms Academy of Information Technology, 2022 Graduate
Nihar is attending the University of Central Florida to study health sciences and nanotechnology.

Melissa Erdem
Hagerty High School, 2022 Graduate
Melissa is attending the University of Florida to study microbiology and cell science.

Olivia Tulloch
Hagerty High School, 2022 Graduate
Olivia is attending the University of Florida to study psychology, clinical psychology and law.

2021

Chandana Karumanchi
Seminole High School, 2021 Graduate
Chandana is attending the University of Florida to study engineering, international relations and business administration.

Genevieve Torney
Oviedo High School, 2021 Graduate 
Genevieve is attending the University of Florida to study biotechnology, bioscience, biotech engineering and biotech statistics.

Rosa Veramendi
Seminole High School, 2021 Graduate 
Rosa is attending the University of South Florida to study neuroscience, public heath, health sciences and epidemiology.

2019

Christopher Giuliano
Lyman High School, 2019 Graduate
While at Lyman, Christopher was dual enrolled at Seminole State College to take additional engineering classes. He is attending the University of Central Florida to pursue his degree. He also completed the 2018 AS₂I internship program.

Caroline Millwater
Winter Springs High School, 2019 Graduate
A fellow 2018 intern, Caroline is attending the University of Florida with plans to pursue a biochemistry degree in preparation for a Master’s degree in environmental science.

Diego Pomales-Muniz
Crooms Academy, 2019 Graduate
Diego graduated third in his class and completed an AA degree. He is pursuing a degree in mathematical epidemiology from the University of Florida. He also participated in the 2018 summer internship program.

2018

Devshri Doshi
Seminole High School, 2018 Graduate
Devshri was an AS₂I summer intern in 2016. She is studying health sciences at the University of Florida and hopes to one day become a surgeon.

Antoine Ferguson
Oviedo High School, 2018 Graduate
Antoine is currently enrolled at the University of Florida and studies computer engineering. His career goal is to work for a solar power company and construct more efficient solar panels.

2017

Kaarthik Alagappan
Crooms Academy, 2017 Graduate
Kaarthik is studying computer science at the University of Central Florida and hopes to work in artificial intelligence and bionics to improve the quality of life for elderly and paralyzed individuals.

Paul Amoruso
Lake Brantley High School, 2017 Graduate
Paul is currently enrolled at the University of Central Florida studying computer science and physics.

Nila Cousar
Lake Brantley High School, 2017 Graduate
A former 2015 AS₂I summer intern, Nila is currently pursuing an associate’s degree and S.T.E.M. certificate at Seminole State College. She plans to study molecular biology at the University of Florida.

2016

Niharika Maihty
Hagerty High School, 2016 Graduate
Niharika is studying computer science at the University of Florida and aspires to diagnose and cure Alzheimer’s disease and breast cancer. In the summer of 2017, she interned at Lockheed Martin.