Students Win Ford Scholarships for Entrepreneurship

CHICAGO, IL - Seventeen students, most of them representing Chicago Public Schools, have won $15,000 in college scholarships from the Ford Motor Company Fund as part of a “Be Your Own Boss” summer program by the non-profit Future Founders that encourages entrepreneurship.

The students spent much of July at 1871 in Chicago learning about what it takes to run their own startup business and become their own bosses. The designed their own mobile applications, built business plans, developed marketing strategies and pitched their concepts to potential “investors” from Chicago’s business community, according to a news release.

Winners of the scholarships were:
Ausar Alexander (Global Citizen Experience Lab School)
Amber Anderson (Kenwood Academy)
Jakara Bullard (Hansberry College Prep)
Anthony Childress (EPIC Academy)
Samantha De Luna (Back of the Yards College Prep)
Brandon Jenkins (Lane Tech College Prep)
Bryce Jenkins (St. Ignatius College Prep)
Kyle Johnson (Thornwood)
Jasmine Leatherwood (Intrinsic)
Evelyn Padilla (Intrinsic)
Micah Payne (St. Ignatius College Prep)
Emily Pfeiffer (Josephinum Academy)
Hope Porter (Pathways In Education)
Jaylan Spires (EPIC Academy)
Mauricio Suarez (Holy Trinity)
Kevin Tucker (Chicago Vocational Career Academy)
Kaitlyn Zawada (Northside College Prep)