Baltimore County Grads Receive Comcast NBCUniversal Scholarships

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Nine students from Baltimore County have received scholarships from the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation for the 2020-2021 school year. Almost 40 students from across Maryland were awarded $95,000 in scholarships total from the Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. Students are selected based upon their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.

The scholarship is a one time $2,500 scholarship to be used toward undergraduate education-related expenses. Since 2001, more than $34 million has been awarded to approximately 30,000 high school seniors across the country.

"Congratulations to each of these students for receiving a Leaders and Achievers scholarship for serving as leaders in their communities and for their academic achievements," said Maryland School Superintendent Dr. Karen B. Salmon in a statement.

The scholarship winners from Baltimore County are:

• Muhammad Abbasi of Kenwood High IB and Sports Science
• Grace Adebogun of Towson High Law & Public Policy
• Sumra Chaudhry of Western School of Technology & Environmental Science
• Kayla Clarke of Randallstown High School
• Wasilat Dosunmu of Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts
• Thinzar Htwe of Eastern Technical High School
• Joynob Kaoshar of Woodlawn High Center for Pre-Eng. Res.
• Noam Peled of Franklin High School
• Anna Tang Dulaney Senior High School