On Thursday, May 8th, our Board members Jeanette Aquino, Charmaine Mayers, Fanny Mera and Sue Roye reserved their evening to review our application submissions. After careful review and deliberation, they selected our 2025 Scholar. We had an impressive pool of applicants and wished we could give them all the support. Our scholarship program would like to wish them all the best of luck in all of their future endeavors. A special thank you for the guidance counselors and college advisors who took the time to help all of our applicants submit their applications in a timely fashion. Thank you to our beautiful board for taking time out of their busy schedules to always generously give of themselves to select our next recipient.
Please let us welcome Eleni Georgiadou a senior from Francis Lewis High School, entering Queens College in the fall 2025
Here is Eleni’s thank you note:
Dear Stephanie Marie Burgos Scholarship Board,
Thank you so much for selecting me as a recipient of the Stephanie Marie Burgos Scholarship. I am truly honoured by your support. Receiving this scholarship means more than I can fully express. It came as a reminder that quiet effort, even when it feels unnoticed, can reach the hearts of others. Your belief in me, a stranger to you, is humbling and powerful. It is easy to get caught up in challenges or question whether the path ahead is really meant for us but this award reminded me to trust in the process, stay grounded in purpose and keep showing up with heart. Although I did not know Stephanie personally, I have learned that she lived with courage and kindness. To be connected to her legacy in this way makes me want to carry those values forward not just in my education, but in how I treat others and the kind of person I continually strive evolving into.
Thank you for your support,
Eleni
Welcome Eleni to our S.M.B.S. family
