Congratulations are in order for the 10 winners of the 2019 AFSCME Family Scholarships. These winners are ready to take the next step toward their higher education, with the momentum of the $2,000 annual award – renewable for up to four years – behind them.
2019’s AFSCME Family Scholarship Winners are, in no particular order:
- Morgan Reigler, MSEA/AFSCME Local 5
- Diego Andrade-Cabrera, AFSCME Council 31, Local 2854
- Jordan Hernandez, AFSCME Council 79, Local 121
- Lenon Russie, AFSCME Local 4041
- Alicia John, AFSCME Council 63, Local 3354
- David Medina, CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000, Subunit 421
- Winona Patrick, AFSCME District Council 37, Local 2627
- Paige Madison, AFSCME Council 65, Local 2398
- Anastasia Langner, AFSCME Council 57, Local 101
- Rachel Schneider, AFSCME Council 3, Local 112
To be selected for an AFSCME Family scholarship, you must be a graduating high school senior and the child of – or a financially dependent grandchild of – an active, full, dues-paying AFSCME member or active retiree member, and have taken the ACT or SAT.
At the time the scholarship is awarded, students must be enrolled in a full-time degree program either at an accredited college or university, or at a two-year institution that will transfer credits to a four-year institution.
Learn more about the AFSCME Family Scholarship program. Applications for next year will be available after June 15 and must be postmarked no later than Dec. 31, 2019. For information about other AFSCME scholarships, click here.
AFSCME members and eligible family members can also receive a two-year college education for free. Learn about the AFSCME Free College benefit.