Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients Greater Region

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About Leaders and Achievers The Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program recognizes high school seniors for their outstanding community service, academic performance, and leadership skills. The award, funded by the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, is a one-time, $2,500 scholarship to be used toward under- graduate education-related expenses. Since 2001, about $33 million has been awarded to about 30,000 high school seniors across the country as part of the Leaders and Achievers program. The program is administered­ by Scholarship America, an independent firm that specializes in manag- ing sponsored scholarship programs.

About Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation continues the work of the foun- dations founded by Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on the communities we serve. Its mission is to empower communities to thrive by helping to provide access to technology, relevant digital skills and training, and inspiring volunteerism and service. More information about how Comcast NBCUniversal supports the communities it serves is available at comcast.com/community.

Dear Scholarship Recipients,

Congratulations on your 2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship. You are each being recognized for your outstanding achievements in community service, academic performance and leadership – traits that mean more now than ever. This year, we are awarding seventy $2,500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors in Comcast NBCUniversal communities in , northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation invests in programs like Leaders and Achievers that are intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on the communities we serve.

Although things may look different right now as you begin a new phase in life, we know that you are up to the task and are ready to embrace the opportunities before you. This is a new beginning. Your next adventure starts now. We appre- ciate your accomplishments and are pleased to contribute to your future success. Continue to learn all you can, follow your dreams and celebrate with those who’ve helped you become part of the Comcast Leaders and Achievers network.

Wishing you good health and stay safe.

John Crowley

Regional Senior Vice President Comcast – Greater Chicago Region

2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship 1 2020 Scholarship Recipients Greater Chicago Region

Alfonso Acevedo Valerie Alvarez Sullivan Anderson Oak Park & River Forest High Gwendolyn Brooks College Jones College Preparatory School Prep Academy High School High School Oak Park, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL

Mohammad Aun Arturo Ballesteros Louis Baser Back of the Yards College Lincoln-Way Central High Chicago, IL Preparatory High School School Chicago, IL New Lenox, IL

Abigail Beck Markus Becton Giselle Benitez Valdez Culver Academies St. Joseph High School Bolingbrook High School Culver, IN Westchester, IL Bolingbrook, IL 2 2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Audrey Bixby Tia Brown Madalyn Buxbaum Rolling Meadows High School High Hobart High School Rolling Meadows, IL School Hobart, IN Chicago, IL

Alexandria Cannon Jenny Chen David Chu Waubonsie Valley High Payton College Preparatory Hinsdale Central High School School High School Hinsdale, IL Aurora, IL Chicago, IL

Paulina Cobos Kennedy Cole Maria Drobny Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Lindblom Math & Science Lyons Township High School Chicago, IL Academy High School La Grange, IL Chicago, IL

2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship 3 Yanni Economos Thomas Edgar Gwendolynn Franklin Mather High School St. Charles East High School Winnebago High School Chicago, IL St. Charles, IL Winnebago, IL

Thomas Gaita Ryan Harmelink Lluvia Hernandez Wheaton Warrenville South Goshen High School Aguirre High School Goshen, IN Rich East Campus High School Wheaton, IL Park Forest, IL

Tri Ho Chloe Honchar Kayla Huang William H. Taft High School Lincoln-Way East High School Whitney M. Young Magnet Chicago, IL Frankfort, IL High School Chicago, IL

4 2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Syed Hussaini Kaitlyn Jackson Therese Jaeger Waukegan High School Homewood Flossmoor High Carl Sandburg High School Waukegan, IL School Orland Park, IL Flossmoor, IL

Erin Johnson Grace Johnson Haya Khalaf Laporte High School Lincoln-Way West High Aqsa School Laporte, IN School Bridgeview, IL New Lenox, IL

Aidan Khoury Abigail Koch Teresa Kottkamp Peoria Notre Dame High Tremont High School Trinity School at Greenlawn School Tremont, IL South Bend, IN Peoria, IL

2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship 5 Jovanni Laporte Ruotong Li Nancy Limon Bartlett High School Lincoln Park High School Infinity Math Science & Bartlett, IL Chicago, IL Technology High School Chicago, IL

Deannah Lovegren Therese Malinowski Crystal Mariscal Lane Technical College Downers Grove South High Intrinsic Schools Preparatory High School School Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Downers Grove, IL

Margarita Medina Marteena Mendel-Duckins Ty Mickiewicz East Aurora High School Larkin High School Brandywine Senior High Aurora, IL Elgin, IL School Niles, MI

6 2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Izabella Mims-Haddad Adrian Nava Joseph Ngo Lincoln Park High School Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Grant Community High School Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Fox Lake, IL

Moyosoreoluwa Odugbemi Kaylie Perez Luke Prairie Chicago Vocational Career DeVry University Advantage Momence High School Academy High School Academy Momence, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL

Samantha Reyes Pryce Rhodes Bukola Rinola John Hancock College Prep Lutheran School Association South Shore International High School Decatur, IL College Prep High School Chicago, IL Chicago, IL

2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship 7 Michelle Roberts Ashley Rogers Kennedy Rozier Mt. Zion High School West Side Leadership Mt. Zion, IL Chicago, IL Academy Gary, IN

John Russell Twisha Shah Elaine Sun Homewood Flossmoor High Wauconda Community High Neuqua Valley High School School School Naperville, IL Flossmoor, IL Wauconda, IL

Osman Syed Glen Tharp Andrea Tipton Hoffman Estates High School Fairfield Junior-Senior High West Chicago Community Hoffman Estates, IL School High School Goshen, IN West Chicago, IL

8 2020 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Jessie Vazquez Mauranne Vernier Connie Vi Evanston Township High Bradley-Bourbonnais Chicago, IL School Community High School Evanston, IL Bradley, IL

Elizabeth Villarreal Amaya Wiekerson Ainslee Wong Oregon High School Northside College Preparatory West Aurora High School Oregon, IL High School Aurora, IL Chicago, IL

Malaika Zaidi Maine West High School Des Plaines, IL

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