Meet The Inspiring Faces Of L4L Fellowship
Discover the remarkable stories and journeys of our L4L
Fellows as they share their path to success.
2012 Fellow
Tyler Dwyer earned a 4.37 GPA at Keystone Heights High School. He was the Academic Team MVP and was selected to attend Florida American Legion...
Tyler Dwyer
Clay County
2012 Fellow
Vanessa Colchado Mas graduated from the International Baccalaureate Program at Bartow High School in 2012. She was Key Club President and French Club Historian; she volunteered...
Vanessa Colchado Mas
Polk County
2012 Fellow
Alfonso Mejia attended Charles W. Flanagan High School in Broward County. He was a member of the National Honor Society, earning a 4.93 GPA, served...
Alfonso Mejia
Broward County
2025 Fellow
Mithila (Mia) maintains a 3.99 GPA as a Cambridge student active in the National Honor Society, Superintendent’s Student Council, and Chief Science Officer at her...
Mithila Paul
Okaloosa County
2025 Fellow
Caroline is a Cambridge (AICE) student, maintaining a 3.94 GPA. She participates in clubs and sports, including the National Honor Society, HOSA (Health Occupations Students...
Caroline Papa
Lee County
2025 Fellow
Juliana’s 3.93 GPA reflects her dedication to taking advanced classes, including Honors, Advanced Placement, and Cambridge courses. Her interest in research and the environment challenged...
Juliana Noreus
Collier County
2025 Fellow
Keiya’s 4.0 demonstrates a strong desire to excel in school and almost everything he involves himself. As the Project Manager of the National Honor Society,...
Keiya Johnson
Broward County
2025 Fellow
EllaGrace is from Shalimar, Florida, and attends Niceville High School. She is an ambitious Advanced Placement and dually enrolled senior with a 3.88 GPA. EllaGrace...
EllaGrace Clinger
Okaloosa County
2025 Fellow
Mercinda attends Weir High School with a 3.98 GPA and is dually enrolled at the College of Central Florida. She participates in the Cambridge Program,...
Mercinda Cabrera
Marion County
2025 Fellow
Sophie earned a 3.88 GPA in high school and is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Program. She participates in many school clubs and community activities,...
Sophie Beltran
Sarasota County
2024 Fellow
Ashley has been interested in medicine ever since she was a small child, bandaging up her toys and helping them on their way. She still...
Ashley Vasquez
Sarasota County
2024 Fellow
At Citrus High School, Ashley gained numerous academic and technology awards: the AP Scholars, AP National Hispanic Recognition Program, AVID Freshman of the Year, Microsoft,...
Ashley Trochez-Castillo
Citrus County
2024 Fellow
Jun is a talented artist proficient in charcoal, India ink, design, collage, and architectural images. His passion for the arts and his love for computer...
Jun Pan
St. Johns County
2024 Fellow
Chloe is excited to begin her studies in Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. She always knew she would work with people, but not to...
Chloe Long
Flagler County
2024 Fellow
Leydializ is a first-generation college student with a passion for animal science. Her love for animals shows in many aspects of her life. She had...
Leydializ Aviles
Orange County
2023 Fellow
Kathia attended Cypress Creek High School and ranked 5/829 with a 5.232 GPA on a 6.0 scale. As an International Baccalaureate student, she participated in...
Kathia Serrano
Orange County
2023 Fellow
Michael graduated from Hudson High School and ranked 3rd out of 237 students in his graduating class, with a weighted GPA of 4.41 and an...
Michael Salerno V
Pasco County
2023 Fellow
Andleen attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School and ranked 58/577 with a GPA of 3.95 weighted. She has worked part-time for most of her high...
Andleen Present
Miami-Dade County
2023 Fellow
As a Crystal River High School senior, Sophia ranked 5/262 in her class. She is a certified Biotechnician Assistant and would like to pursue a...
Sophia Monsalve
Citrus County
2023 Fellow
Fabian attended Immokalee High School and finished at the top of his class with a 4.89 cumulative GPA. He served as a captain in his...
Fabian Estrada
Collier County
2022 Fellow
Zaniyah attended Vanguard High and maintained a 3.55 GPA while juggling school and community activities. She also graduated with her A.A. Degree from the College...
Zaniyah Williams
Marion County
2022 Fellow
Sidney graduated Interlachen High with a GPA of 3.64, was a member of the National Honor Society, and was an early admissions student at Santa...
Sidney Williams
Putnam County
2022 Fellow
With a 3.72 GPA, Ja’nasia is well on her way to success in college. She was a member of the National Honor Society and desires...
Ja’nasia Mangum
Seminole County
2022 Fellow
Dylan held a 4.0 GPA at Flagler Palm Coast High School and was in the top 1% of his senior class. Dylan is currently majoring...
Dylan Long
Flagler County
2022 Fellow
Jarin was ranked first in her graduating class with a 3.9 GPA. At Glades Central High School, she was a part of various organizations: ASPIRA,...
Moshammet Jarin
Palm Beach County
2022 Fellow
Dominic attended Lecanto High School in Citrus County as an international baccalaureate student with a 4.67 GPA and a member of the National Honor Society. ...
Dominic Ho
Citrus County
2022 Fellow
Joel graduated from Immokalee High as a salutatorian with a GPA of 4.0. Along with my acceptance to FGCU and into FGCU’s Honors College. Since...
Joel Guerrero
Collier County
2021 Fellow
Destiny studies Computer Science & Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. She has experience in product management and looks forward to interning in investment...
Esther Destiny Ukachukwu
Seminole County
2021 Fellow
Pablo ranked 24th of 198 at South Walton High School, with a 4.31 weighted GPA. He attended the first-ever STEAM Engineering Magnet School in Walton County...
Pablo Robles
Walton County
2021 Fellow
Myles graduated from Booker High School with a GPA of 4.45 and is 33rd in his senior class of 320 students. At an incredibly young...
Myles Summerlin
Sarasota County
2021 Fellow
Veronia enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program at Spruce Creek High School, ranking 12th among the 557 seniors with a GPA of 4.78. She participated...
Veronia Sadek
Volusia County
2021 Fellow
Roche attended South Plantation High School. His weighted GPA of 4.94 ranked him 12th among 515 peers. He has also been an active member of...
Roche Earle
Broward County
2021 Fellow
Jasmine attended Pahokee High School. She had a weighted GPA of 4.96 and ranked #1 among 112 seniors. She was active as Student Body President for the Student...
Jasmine Calderon
Palm Beach County
2020 Fellow
Emma attended Naples High School, ranked 8th among 462 senior students, and attended Florida Gulf Coast University as a dual-enrolled student. She founded two student publications...
Emma Sullivan
Collier County
2020 Fellow
Jacob graduated from Sebring High School in Highlands County. He graduated ranked 27th out of the 281 students in his class and carried a 4.26...
Jacob O’Neil
Highlands County
2020 Fellow
Gisselle ranked 14th out of 453 students in her class, had a weighted GPA of 5.28, and was dually enrolled at Florida Southwestern State. Gisselle...
Gisselle Nava
Immokalee, Collier County
2020 Fellow
Samantha attended Palm Harbor University High School and the International Baccalaureate Program there. She ranked 25th in her class of 539 students and carried a 4.5...
Samantha Malak
Pinellas County
2020 Fellow
Kristopher attended South Lake High School and stayed busy as the Executive Board President of the Student Government Association and President of the National Honor...
Kristopher Ganesh
Lake County
2020 Fellow
Haley attended Crystal River High School and ranked 14th in her senior class of 310 students with a weighted GPA of 4.5. She attends the University...
Haley Campbell
Citrus County
2019 Fellow
Marie is a recent Florida State University graduate and an Internal Audit and financial Advisory Consultant with Protiviti, based in the Charlotte market. In May...
Marie Sintulaire
Palm Beach County
2019 Fellow
Ryan graduated with a 4.85 weighted GPA from Sheridan Technical High School and ranked 9th in her class of 120 students. She attends Wellesley College...
Ryan Rowe
Broward County
2019 Fellow
Leonardo ranked 15th in his class of 150 students maintained a weighted GPA of 4.9 and while attending Lorenzo Walker Technical High School. He represented...
Leonardo Gutierrez
Collier County
2019 Fellow
Jefflyne graduated from Key West High School with a 4.25 weighted GPA. She was ranked 19th out of 259 in her graduating class. Jefflyne attends...
Jefflyne Desilme
Monroe County
2019 Fellow
Sadie attended Crystal River High School, ranking 9th out of 301 senior students with a weighted GPA of 4.6. She is majoring in Early Childhood...
Sadie Campbell
Citrus County
2019 Fellow
Amy was an International Baccalaureate student at Sebring High School and ranked 2nd of 324 in her graduating class. She had a weighted GPA of 4.57...
Amy Albandoz
Highlands County
2016 Fellow
A Take Stock in Children scholar, Allysa Quick, hails from Marion County and attended Vanguard High School. Allysa earned a 4.57 GPA and ranked 49th...
Allysa Quick
Marion County
2016 Fellow
Michelle Johnson is a Take Stock in Children scholar from Union County and graduated from Union County High School. Michelle had a 4.5 GPA and ranked 5th in 142 seniors....
Michelle Johnson
Union County
2015 Fellow
A Take Stock in Children scholar, Jessie King, is from Bay County and attended Bay High School in the prestigious AICE program, earning a 4.3 GPA....
Jessie James Thorne
Bay County
2013 Fellow
Benjamin Carpenter graduated from C. Leon King, International Baccalaureate High School in Hillsborough County. He participated in the Tampa Thunder Soccer Team as captain and a...
Benjamin Carpenter
Hillsborough County
2012 Fellow
Thuy was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States in 2001. With the support of TSIC and L4L, she graduated magna cum laude...
Thuy Nguyen
Manatee County
2012 Fellow
Daniel Pierce was the Vice President of his senior class and the valedictorian at J.M. Tate High School, earning a 4.64 GPA. After graduating in...
Daniel Pierce
Escambia County
2018 Fellow
Asia Lavender is the Associate Community Organizer for Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together (CLOUT). As an organizer, Asia provides training and leadership coaching...
Asia Lavender
Lake Sumter County
2018 Fellow
Victoria was an International Baccalaureate student dually enrolled at Forest Hill High School. With a 4.2 GPA, she was ranked 38th among her 627 graduating...
Victoria Estevez
Palm Beach County
2018 Fellow
Adriana attended Fort Myers High School with a 5.1 GPA and was ranked 20th of 456 students in her graduating class. She was an active...
Adriana Amaris
Lee County
2018 Fellow
Michele attended Winter Springs High School with a 4.1 GPA and ranked 67th out of her 488 senior classmates. She started volunteering at AdventHealth during...
Michele Velez
Seminole County
2018 Fellow
Amelia earned a 4.2 GPA at Titusville High School. Ranking 38th of her 280 senior classmates, she was dually enrolled and graduated with her AA...
Amelia Wood
Brevard County
2018 Fellow
Shauna attended Hardee High School, where she held a 4.2 GPA and was ranked 13th in her class of 284 seniors. After graduating high school with...
Shauna Norwood
Hardee County
2017 Fellow
A Take Stock in Children scholar, Anthony Vigliotti is currently a student at the University of Florida planning on earning a degree in biochemistry. Later,...
Anthony Vigliotti
Charlotte County
2017 Fellow
Corey Smith dually enrolled at Florida Southwestern College, where he had a 4.87 GPA and was ranked 8th of 431 students. Corey volunteered at the...
Corey Smith
Lee County
2017 Fellow
Liz Parra graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science at Florida State University in Fall 2020. Liz held Software Engineer internship positions at Diverse Computing,...
Liz Parra
Broward County
2017 Fellow
Karla Menchu-Saban dually enrolled at Palm Beach State College, where she was ranked in the top 5% of her class out of 628 students with...
Karla Menchu-Saban
Palm Beach County
2017 Fellow
Maria was ranked 10th amongst 158 high school classmates with a 4.35 GPA. She is a Florida State University student majoring in Finance and Management...
Maria Gloria
Highlands County
2016 Fellow
Sierra Pelham is a Take Stock in Children scholar from DeSoto County and attended DeSoto High School. Sierra had a 4.28 GPA and ranked 12th in...
Sierra Pelham
DeSoto County
2016 Fellow
Hannah Kilbride is from St. Johns County and attended Pedro Menendez High School, where she earned the title of Valedictorian of her senior class. Hannah...
Hannah Kilbride
St. Johns County
2016 Fellow
Paisley graduated from the University of Central Florida with a BS in Entertainment Management, a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies (Computer Science/Digital Arts), and a minor...
Paisley Greer
Citrus County
2016 Fellow
Mary is from Marion County and graduated from Forest High School/Marion Technical Institute in 2016. She graduated with her Bachelor of Social Work in 2019...
Mary Green
Marion County
2015 Fellow
A Take Stock in Children scholar, Gabby Cruz, is from Marion County and attended the Career Academy through Marion Technical Institute. She graduated in 2015...
Gabriela Cruz
Marion County
2015 Fellow
Christian Vallejo is a Take Stock in Children scholar from Collier County who graduated from Palmetto Ridge High School. Christian attended Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and later Emory...
Christian Vallejo
Collier County
2015 Fellow
A Take Stock in Children scholar, Alexis Smith, is from Sarasota County, graduated from Pine View School, and was enrolled at the State College of...
Alexis Smith Barnes
Sarasota County
2015 Fellow
Keilly Pulgar is from Hillsborough County and graduated from Braulio Alonso High School, third in her class of 515. A cancer survivor, she was diagnosed...
Keilly Pulgar
Hillsborough County
2014 Fellow
Jacquelynn “Jacqui” Shelton hails from Pasco County, where she attended Gulf High School and graduated with an International Baccalaureate diploma and an AA degree. Jacqui...
Jacquelynn Shelton
Pasco County
2014 Fellow
Daniella Rossi graduated from Jensen Beach High School in Martin County. She was dual-enrolled, participated in various extracurricular activities like sitting on the executive board...
Daniella Rossi
Indian River County
2014 Fellow
Jovani Hernandez is from Highlands County and graduated with a 4.96 GPA, ranked 2nd in his graduating class. He was dually enrolled in college while completing...
Jovani Hernandez
Highlands County
2014 Fellow
Jorden Holland hailed from Okaloosa County and attended Collegiate High School in Niceville. She ranked #1 in her graduating class of 101 and held a...
Jorden Holland
Okaloosa County
2014 Fellow
Kevin Tierney graduated from Spruce Creek High School in Volusia County with a 4.3 GPA. Kevin served as JROTC Battalion Executive Officer, Civil Air Patrol...
Kevin Tierney
Volusia County
2014 Fellow
Lucero “Luci” Torres graduated from Lake Placid High School in Highlands County in 2014. She attended the University of Central Florida, where she was the Vice President of ALPFA,...
Lucero Torres
Highlands County
2013 Fellow
Kaylee Mancillas graduated from Hardee Senior High School in 2013 with a 4.53 GPA. While in high school, Kaylee dual enrolled at South Florida State...
Kaylee Mancillas
DeSoto Hardee Highlands County
2013 Fellow
Esther Benette graduated from Glades Central Community High School in Palm Beach County. While in high school, she dedicated herself to serving her community by volunteering at...
Esther Benette
Palm Beach County
2013 Fellow
Katty Pierre-Charles hailed from Manatee County and graduated from Manatee High School. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.S. in Chemical...
Katty Pierre-Charles
Manatee County
2013 Fellow
Wade McDonald attended Lecanto High School in Citrus County, earning a 4.32 GPA as a dually enrolled student at the College of Central Florida. Wade...
Wade McDonald
Citrus Levy County
2012 Fellow
Tyler Dwyer earned a 4.37 GPA at Keystone Heights High School. He was the Academic Team MVP and was selected to attend Florida American Legion...
Tyler Dwyer
Clay County
2012 Fellow
Vanessa Colchado Mas graduated from the International Baccalaureate Program at Bartow High School in 2012. She was Key Club President and French Club Historian; she volunteered...
Vanessa Colchado Mas
Polk County
2012 Fellow
Alfonso Mejia attended Charles W. Flanagan High School in Broward County. He was a member of the National Honor Society, earning a 4.93 GPA, served...
Alfonso Mejia
Broward County
2025 Fellow
Mithila (Mia) maintains a 3.99 GPA as a Cambridge student active in the National Honor Society, Superintendent’s Student Council, and Chief Science Officer at her...
Mithila Paul
Okaloosa County
2025 Fellow
Caroline is a Cambridge (AICE) student, maintaining a 3.94 GPA. She participates in clubs and sports, including the National Honor Society, HOSA (Health Occupations Students...
Caroline Papa
Lee County
2025 Fellow
Juliana’s 3.93 GPA reflects her dedication to taking advanced classes, including Honors, Advanced Placement, and Cambridge courses. Her interest in research and the environment challenged...