Kids & Family

19 Gwinnett County Seniors Named QuestBridge Recipients

Each receives a full college scholarship.

From a Gwinnett Schools press release

Another group of Gwinnett County Public Schools seniors have earned full college scholarships, with the naming of 19 students as QuestBridge National College Match Recipients.

QuestBridge is a non-profit organization that links high-achieving, low-income students to some of the nation’s most selective colleges. Gwinnett’s 19 recipients are part of a group of only 440 students nationwide honored this year.
The Gwinnett seniors and the colleges they plan to attend are:

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From Archer High:
   ·    Jalencia Wade – Amherst College
   ·    Odemi Pessu – Brown University

From Berkmar High:
   ·    Kevin Bollo – Northwestern University
   ·    Valeria Caamano-Pichardo  – University of Notre Dame
   ·    Jasmin Espinoza – Stanford University
   ·    Salam Nassar – Bowdoin College
   ·    Mati Nemera – University of Notre Dame
   ·    Nancy Nguyen – Emory University
   ·    Tom Nguyen – Davidson College
   ·    Amancio Romero Sackey – Emory University
   ·    Nhat Quang Tran – University of Chicago


From Brookwood High:

   ·    Lindsay Garrett – University of Chicago

From Collins Hill High:
   ·    Eun Sol Cho – Vasser University
   ·    Mary Nosa – Columbia University

From Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology:
   ·    Chinye Ijeli – University of Chicago
   ·    Erika Ikizake – Vanderbilt University
   ·    Wooil “Paul” Kim – Pomona College
   ·    Daniela Ruiz – Northwestern University

From Shiloh High
:
   ·    Justin Willis – Brown University

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