We are pleased to announce the following winners of our Elise Gene Clarke Scholarship:

• Nandi Barton
  Nandi Barton, who is in her second year at Morgan State University, is 18 years old and has been a participant in Ifetayo for 14 years. She currently is majoring in Nursing, with plans to become a Nurse Practitioner. Throughout her life she has been passionate about dance and soccer, which have inspired her to maintain healthy habits. Her goals are to become a nurse so that she will be able to obtain the knowledge necessary to assist her community in obtaining the resources that will improve their way of lives.
  
  
• Selah Brown
  Selah Brown, who is in his second year at Brooklyn College, is 20 years old and has been a participant in Ifetayo for seven years. He currently is majoring in Biologic (Pre-Optometry), with plans to become an optometrist. His goals are to provide services within his community such as funding non-profit organizations that promote African concepts. Another one of his goals is to fund programs that increase the awareness of vision care as a profession in Africa.
  
  
• Edo Young
  Edo Young, who is in her third year at Medgar Evers College, is 27 years old and has been a participant in Ifetayo for 16 years. She currently is majoring in English, with plans to become a writer. Her goals are to become a world renowned essayist. In that capacity, she would like to serve as a role model for other young black women striving to write material that will contribute to the spiritual, intellectual and social empowerment of people of color.