Massapequa Good News of the Week: Local Resident Among Scholarship Winners at Annual Matrix Award

Want some relief from all the local bad news? Here's one piece of good news coming out of the Massapequa area to help start off your week:

Massapequa native Allison Latini, an Integrated Marketing Communications major in Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications, was recently awarded one of 22 scholarships given by the New York Women in Communications Inc. Foundation.

Latini traveled to New York City to receive her scholarship and be recognized at the annual Matrix Awards, a communications industry event, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel back in April.

The event was emceed by Andy Cohen and featured appearances by Matrix Award winners and presenters including Lena Dunham, Gloria Steinem, Katie Couric, Liz Kaplow, Bonnie Hammer and Nancy Dubuc.

The scholarships, which reflect academic excellence, financial need and a demonstrated commitment to the field of communications, are given each year to female students at the high school, undergraduate and graduate levels who are committed to pursuing careers in communications.

"While women are still under-represented in media - both in front of and behind the camera - the Park School provides distinctive opportunities for our women students to prepare themselves to lead a more inclusive industry," Diane Gayeski, Dean of the Park School said. "I'm very proud of our student scholarship winners and look forward to the contributions they will be making as they move forward in their careers."

The NYWICI Foundation is the largest provider of communications scholarships for women in the country. Scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 are awarded based on academic achievement, leadership, participation in school and community-service activities, honors and other awards or recognition, work experience and the applicants' statements of goals and aspirations.

"We are ecstatic to welcome these remarkable young women into our New York Women in Communications family," NYWICI Foundation President Linda Descano said. "Their accomplishments and determination to succeed is commendable, and they are already well on their way to becoming the next generation of female leaders."

Congratulations to Allison Latini!

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