Congratulations to the Winners of the 2011 World AIDS Day Youth Scholarship Award
The purpose of the National AIDS Memorial Grove’s World AIDS Day Youth Scholarship Program is to engage youth to explore the ways they are touched by HIV/AIDS and the Grove. It is an essay contest for current high school sophomores, juniors and seniors, addressing the significance of HIV/AIDS and the National AIDS Memorial Grove in up to 750 words, and judged by a panel of experts from the community. This year, four scholarships of $1,000 USD were awarded, and winners were recognized at the Grove’s annual World AIDS Day observance on December 1, 2011.
Congratulations to our 4 winners—Tania Sotelo, Nery Martinez, Stefany Zelaya and Nancy Rodriguez!
From left to right: Lisa Windesheim-Zigas, World AIDS Day Youth Ambassador (accepting award on behalf of Tania Sotelo), Nery Martinez, Stefany Zelaya and Nancy Rodriguez.
Read some of the essays below: