By Christopher Clymer Kurtz | Director of Development
It's an exciting time for SLI, thanks to the many people (you!) who are making possible SLI's mission: to support Latino/a/x high school students with college access through rigorous academic challenge, leadership development, scholarships, and supportive mentorships.
...On December 2nd, the 40 high school students attending the annual James Madison University Professors in Residence (PIR) and Scholars Latino Initiative (SLI) College and Career Access Day at JMU experienced a new event feature this year: Local Sentara Health professionals sharing their expertise in promoting salud y comunidad, or health and community.
...The SLI website now features new interviews with SLI scholars who are now in college. Irais is pursuing degrees in political science and Spanish with a minor in pre-law, and Guadalupe is pursuing an engineering degree, and is the driver for her university's Super-Mileage Car club.
...During SLI's year-end campaign, donations are doubled, thanks to $43,000 in matching funds from the SLI Founder's Fund, the Open Hearts Foundation, and anonymous donors.
...We're ending the year strong, for even greater impact in 2024. Since 2012 SLI has served 181 scholars (68 current and 113 alumni, who have attended 24 colleges and universities) and awarded more than $542,000 in financial support for students, including:
Thank you for supporting SLI!
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