Comcast NBCUniversal awarded $73,000 in scholarships for the 2018-19 school year to 55 Colorado students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, recognizes the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.
“Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners have already shown exceptional leadership skills in their academic achievements, as well as through their community work,” said Rich Jennings, Senior Vice President of the Mountain West Region. “We are honored to support them on their educational journeys and look forward to seeing even more great accomplishments from them as they grow into the innovators and entrepreneurs of the future.”
This year, 53 students will each receive $1,000 scholarships. Two students, Joanna Cotto, a resident of Denver and a student at Colorado Academy Upper School, and Connor Hansen, a resident of Longmont and student at Silver Creek High School, each will receive Comcast Founders Scholarship awards of $10,000. These two scholarships were instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation.
Over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting the scholarship recipients who have already shown remarkable leadership experience both in and out of the classroom on our social media channels (Twitter: @ComcastColo & Facebook: @Comcast). Stay tuned to learn more about the students!
The complete list of scholarship recipients and their associated high schools can be found below:
$10,000 Scholarship Recipients:
- Joanna Cotto – Colorado Academy Upper School, Denver
- Connor Hansen – Silver Creek High School, Longmont
$1,000 Scholarship Recipients:
Arvada
- Jazmine Armenta – Arvada West High School
Aurora
- Ramsha Ahmad – Cherokee Trail High School
- Alyzza Chavez – Grandview High School
- Salma Fakiri – William Smith High School
- Khalil Flowers – Gateway High School
- Nimo Jama – Hinkley High School
- Alexis Jones – Denver Street School – East Campus
- Andres Marquez – Rangeview High School
- Sereniti McKenzie – Vista PEAK Preparatory
- Ramiree Quick – Overland High School
- Alexandra Shadrina – Smoky Hill High School
Basalt
- Kaylin Williams – Basalt High School
Brighton
- Daniel Coniff – Brighton High School
Castle Rock
- Haleigh Richey – Castle View High School
Colorado Springs
- Destiny Aviles – Mitchell High School
- Ashanti Cameron – Palmer High School
- Judith Hernandez Loredo – Sierra High School
- Mason Wayne – Cheyenne Mountain High School
Commerce City
- Angelica Gutierrez – Adams City High School
- Bianca Vasquez – Lester R. Arnold High School
Denver
- Sebastian Campos – Mullen High School
- Elizabeth Cardenas – George Washington High School
- Jonathan Flores Martinez – Manual High School
- Yajaira Mora-Rivera – North High School
- Dulce Rodriguez – Global Leadership Academy
- Berenice Sanchez – Abraham Lincoln High School
- Andrew Wilson – Green Valley Ranch High School
Edwards
- Mayra Perez – Battle Mountain High School
Fort Collins
- Nisha Chatnani – Liberty Common High School
- Eunice Chen – Fort Collins High School
- Kaya Cooper – Poudre High School
Fountain
- Keeley Richardson – Fountain Fort Carson High School
Greeley
- Christopher Gaona – Northridge High School
- Savannah Thompson – Frontier Charter Academy
- Arturo Toro Luna – Greeley Central High School
Highlands Ranch
- Andres Pulido – Highlands Ranch High School
Lafayette
- Robin Peterson – Peak to Peak Charter School
Littleton
- Xia Ying Huang – Littleton High School
Longmont
- Craig Shellenberger – Mead High School
Loveland
- Makenzie Culver – Mountain View High School
Niwot
- Johannah McDonald – Niwot High School
Pueblo
- Mia Gilbertson – Centennial High School
- Chase Ramos – South High School
- Cierra Ruybal – Central High School
- Elena Trujillo – Pueblo County High School
Rifle
- Miguel Gonzalez – Rifle High School
Thornton
- Kyana Aidukaitis – Bollman Technical Education Center
- Ashely Potthoff – Horizon High School
Trinidad
- Adrianna Santillanes – Trinidad High School
Vail
- Emma Calarco – Vail Mountain School
Westminster
- Jordan Baca – Westminster High School
- Joy Gavidia Francia – Mountain Range High School
Windsor
- Eva VanDeList – Windsor High School
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
