Congratulations to the 2024 NJCPA Scholarship Recipients
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April 25, 2024
We are delighted to announce that the NJCPA Scholarship Fund awarded $168,000 in scholarships to 38 New Jersey-based high school and college students on April 25. Out of 180 applicants, the Fund distributed scholarships to 25 college students and 13 high school students. The college students each received between $2,000 and $6,500, and the high school students each received $1,500. The Deloitte Foundation funded scholarships for five high school and college students. The Fund distributed NJCPA/American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Minority Scholarships as well as NJCPA/National Association of Black Accountants – Northern New Jersey (NABA-NNJ) Chapter Awards and several in-name of awards. The scholarships were based on academic performance, standardized test scores (if taken), essays and personal interviews.
Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipients:
High School Awards ($1,500) Christina Baldosaro, Washington Township High School Paige Benbrook, Middletown High School North Marina DiCristofaro, Williamstown High School Jeremy Flitt, West Orange High School Alyssa Hoffman, Marlboro High School Elizabeth Hoover, Shawnee High School Jacob Lucas, Montville Township High School Julian Miller, Washington Township High School Silah Mrazek, Lacey Township High School Christopher Smith, Washington Township High School Deloitte Foundation NJCPA Scholars Awards ($1,500-$6,500) Dayleny Beato, Hudson County School of Technology Selina Liu, Dwight Morrow High School Manuela Torres, Dwight Morrow High School Ashley De La Rosa-Hanlon, Kean University Nana Bawuah, Montclair State University In Name of College Awards ($2,000-$6,500) Bowman and Company, LLP - In Memory of John F. Dailey Jr. John Zerillo, Rowan UniversityBowman and Company, LLP - In Memory of Lisa A. Donahue Antonette Juliane Almendras, Rutgers University - New BrunswickCitrin Cooperman Lucia Pollaro, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison Ruth Ciprian, Rutgers University-NewarkCohnReznick Francheliz Peguero Mauricio, Rider UniversityEisnerAmper Shriya Deshmukh, Rutgers University- New BrunswickFrazer, Evangelista, Sahni & Company Christina Pantagis, Seton Hall UniversityHolman Frenia Allison PC Rylee Cascone, Rider UniversityIn Honor of Brad Muniz Debbie Sanchez, Rider UniversityIn Honor of Frank Boutillette Kevin Benitez, Rutgers University-NewarkIn Honor of Ralph Albert Thomas Gabriel Veras-Conde, Middlesex County CollegeIn Memory of Michael A. Polito Shailee Goradia, Rutgers University - New BrunswickIn Memory of John F. Dailey Jr. Kevin Norton, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan CampusIn Memory of Frederick and Lenore Horn Avrum Yossi Schwartz, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Yehuda Yardley, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan CampusMazars USA LLP Nishad Manohar, Stevens Institute of TechnologyNJCPA Council of Past Presidents Debora Bazellari, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan CampusSmolin, Lupin & Co. P.A. Elaine Chang, Rutgers University- New BrunswickWilkinGuttenplan - In Memory of Jules C. Frankel Amanda Gelber, Seton Hall UniversityWithumSmith+Brown Lauren Gelber, Seton Hall University Christopher Gulics, Rider UniversityMinority Scholarships ($5,500) NJCPA/American Institute of CPAs Felecia Watson, Rider University Symphony Pomales, Stockton UniversityNJCPA/National Association of Black Accountants – Northern New Jersey Chapter To be announced