NEW YORK, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- BP America, in partnership with BP independent owners and operators, recently awarded $112,000 in scholarships to 80 recent high school graduates and returning college students who live in or near New York. This year, the program was expanded to include students in Northern New Jersey.
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A diverse group of students was selected to receive BP Community Scholarships based on personal essays, academic performance, extracurricular activities, work experience, individual goals and demonstrated financial need.
BP employees, dealers and jobbers in metropolitan New York began the community scholarship program in 1988 as a way to invest in the success of youth in the neighborhoods where they operate businesses. Now in its 17th year, the BP Community Scholarship Program has provided more than $2 million for 1,200 scholarships to promising area students who reside in and near metropolitan New York. Scholarship applications were offered to students online and at area BP stations.
The scholarship awards ceremony was held Tuesday at Fordham Law School. The community scholarship program expanded this year to include dealers and students from Northern New Jersey. The program operates in three major BP markets: New York, Washington, DC and Chicago. Since 1987, the program has provided more than $4 million for nearly 3,000 scholarships in these three markets.
BP America views education as one of its key areas of focus for community investment, with most of this investment directed to math, science, environmental and energy education.
BP Community Scholarship Recipients
First Name MI Last Name City ST Borough/ School
Location
Jacquelyn A. Brown Bronx NY Bronx William H. Taft
High School
Anamari Caban Bronx NY Bronx Jane Addams High
School
Ana G. DeLeon Bronx NY Bronx Manhattan
International High
School
Stephanie Garcia Bronx NY Bronx Banana Kelly
High School
David M. Lowenstein Bronx NY Bronx The Frisch School
Albert Martinez Bronx NY Bronx Alfred E. Smith High
School
Sharona C. Moore Bronx NY Bronx John F. Kennedy
High School
Nefertede N. Sterling Bronx NY Bronx Christopher Columbus
High School
Louis Capobianco Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Xavier High School
Victoria Choi Brooklyn NY Brooklyn George Washington
University
Navid Danesh Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Shaare Torah
High School
Maria V. Diaz Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Cornell University
Sara Elzeftawy Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Midwood High School
Nasarima Foster Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Prospect Heights
High School
Roxanne J. Garcia Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Fordham University
Jezebel M. Gil Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Secondary School
for Law
Jason C. Hannibal Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Erasmus Academy of
Business &
Technology
Andy Hung Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Stuyvesant High
School
Yelena Kulensova Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Brooklyn Technical
High School
Jennifer J. Meade Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Leon M. Goldstein
Richard J. Migdalski Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Polytechnic
University
Nicholas P. Mosca Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Georgetown
University
Mary E. O'Regan Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Baruch College
Rafaelina D. Rodriguez Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Bishop Loughlin
Memorial High
School
Jasmin Salcedo Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Brandeis University
Nancy Shum Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Brooklyn Technical
High School
Shirley Yiu Brooklyn NY Brooklyn State University
of New York-Buffalo
Henry Zeng Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Brooklyn Technical
High School
Anabel Aponte New York NY Manhattan Richard R. Green
High School
Leonardo Badia New York NY Manhattan Manhattan Center
for Science and
Math
Michelle Collado New York NY Manhattan Fordham University
Xiao Ting Zhao New York NY Manhattan Seward Park High
School
Charlsie Cameron Elmont NY Nassau New Hyde Park
High School
Michelle E. D'Attoma Whitestone NY Nassau University of Rhode
Island
Maria M. DeCaro Levittown NY Nassau Division Avenue
High School
Ogheneruemu A. Oyiborhoro Baldwin NY Nassau Baldwin Senior
High School
Frank R. Riolo Glen Cove NY Nassau Saint Dominic
High School
Jonille A. Thompson Uniondale NY Nassau Sacred Heart Academy
Johnny Barrios Englewood NJ New Jersey Bergen County
Technical High
School
Tashom S. Carroll Newark NJ New Jersey University High
School
Matthew A. Convente Midland NJ New Jersey Midland Park High
Park School
Meghan G. Ladolcetta Livingston NJ New Jersey Livingston
High School
Supreet Minhas Carteret NJ New Jersey Carteret High School
Yousif A. Salih East NJ New Jersey East Orange Campus
Orange High School
Stephanie A. Velasquez Passaic NJ New Jersey Passaic High School
Lynn C. Anderle Maspeth NY Queens John Bowne High
School
Wendy Chan Ozone NY Queens Barnard College
Park
Nick M. Copeli Forest NY Queens Francis Lewis
Hills High School
Erik Copeli Forest NY Queens Francis Lewis
Hills High School
Iwona Dziewa Glendale NY Queens New York University
Oluchi C. Emeremni Queens NY Queens Francis Lewis
Village High School
Anderline Fequiere Jamaica NY Queens John Adams
High School
Esther Hu Flushing NY Queens Bronx High School
of Science
Danielle S. Jettoo Bayside NY Queens Benjamin N. Cardozo
Nadia H. Mahmood Woodside NY Queens State University
of New York-Stony
Brook
Rahmel Mann Long NY Queens Long Island City
Island High School
City
Shafeek Mohamed Jamaica NY Queens Franklin K. Lane
High School
Gabrielle M. Nguyen Ridgewood NY Queens Hunter College
Hersh K. Parekh Elmhurst NY Queens Bronx High School
of Science
Porshia L. Rogers Astoria NY Queens The Renaissance
Charter School
Nirmal Thapa East NY Queens State University of
Elmhurst New York-Potsdam
Constandinos V. Tsourakis Astoria NY Queens Frank Sinatra School
of the Arts
Maria Celleri Staten NY Staten Fort Hamilton
Island Island High School
Michelle E. Colamonico Staten NY Staten New Dorp High School
Island
Takeisha S. Newsome Staten NY Staten Susan E. Wagner
Island Island High School
Olufunmilayo O. Showole Staten NY Staten Yale University
Island Island
Nicholas G. Boffoli Port NY Suffolk Comsewogue
Jefferson High School
Station
Melissa Hernandez Huntington NY Suffolk St. John's
Station University
Jessica L. Holbrook Riverhead NY Suffolk Riverhead
High School
Emre Karagoz Dix Hills NY Suffolk New York University,
The Stern Business
School
Linda Lattanzio Hampton NY Suffolk Hampton Bays
Bays Secondary School
Victoria A. Lubin Wyandanch NY Suffolk Wyandanch
High School
Richard E. Masana North NY Suffolk St. John's
Babylon University
Jessica L. White Holbrook NY Suffolk State University
of New York-
Stony Brook
Konadu Barima Yonkers NY Westchester Charles E. Gorton
High School
Kimberly M. Greenberg Yonkers NY Westchester College of New
Rochelle,
School of Nursing
Deniz Ibrahim Yorktown NY Westchester Cornell University
Heights
Princess M. Johnson Yonkers NY Westchester Gorton High School
Jessie R. Link Yorktown NY Westchester Lakeland
Heights High School
Althea C. Smith Mount NY Westchester Mt. Vernon
Vernon High School
