AXA Announces Scholarship Winners
17 4월 2018 - 11:26PM
Business Wire
Scholarships Awarded to Students Passionate
about Community Outreach, Health Innovations, Financial Literacy
and Environmental Protection
AXA, a leading financial protection company, announced today 369
winners of the AXA AchievementSM Scholarship. The winners, known as
AXA Achievers, are a group of ambitious and talented students who
have demonstrated exemplary leadership skills and a commitment to
making a positive contribution to the world. Through their
outstanding achievements, these students are driving awareness and
innovation in such areas as general community outreach, health
innovations, financial literacy and environmental protection.
This year marks the 16th anniversary of the AXA AchievementSM
program, which has provided more than $28 million in scholarships
to 6,500 students since the program’s inception in 2003. Through
the AXA AchievementSM Scholarship, 369 students representing all 50
states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the local communities
where AXA operates will receive a one-time scholarship in the
amount of $25,000, $10,000 or $2,500. Additionally, every
scholarship recipient’s high school will receive a grant for $1,000
to be used for educational development. The 2018 award program will
give out more than $1.5 million to support college education and
professional development.
“Each year, I am amazed by the accomplishments of our class of
AXA Achievers and other students across the country. Their
contributions are making a real impact to their communities and
beyond,” said Mark Pearson, CEO of AXA US. “I am proud we are able
to recognize this success and support their pursuit of
education.”
The 2018 National recipients who will each receive a $25,000
scholarship are:
Community Outreach
- Sophie Bernstein – Clayton High
School, St. Louis, MO – Recognizing the amount of
families struggling with food insecurity and obesity in St. Louis,
Sophie built and manages 33 organic sustainable vegetable gardens
at low income daycares across the city. She also offers workshops
on STEM and nutrition to children at the sites. She has donated
35,000 pounds of produce to food banks and recruited 752 at-risk
teen volunteers to help plant gardens.
- Talia Harvey – Methuen High School,
Methuen, MA – In 2007, Talia co-created Debbie's Treasure
Chest, a nonprofit collecting and distributing clothing, toys,
cosmetics and books for families in her community. Talia has
impacted more than 3,000 families and launched two satellite
programs in grammar schools run by middle school students she has
trained to distribute school supplies. In 2016, she received a
$100,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation to continue the great
work of Debbie’s Treasure Chest.
Health Innovations
- Tabitha Bell – The Waterford School,
Sandy, UT – Inspired by her own life-changing experience using
a service dog to assist her in walking, Tabitha founded the
nonprofit “Pawsitive Pawsibilities” to purchase and train service
dogs for disabled individuals who cannot afford them. She has
raised more than $80,000 to purchase and train eight dogs that have
been placed with both children and adults afflicted with walking
disabilities, veterans with PTSD or individuals with health
conditions such as epilepsy.
- Syamantak Payra – Clear Brook High
School, Friendswood, TX – Inspired by an adult mentor
suffering from effects of polio, Syamantak created a leg brace with
an electromechanical retrofit that detects and adapts to patients'
walking by using an actuator to bend the knee. Not only does his
invention cost considerably less than traditional braces, it is a
device that can increase mobility, safety and quality of life for
many patients.
- Grayson Phillips – Essential Church
School, Gardendale, AL – As a young boy, Grayson loved the
outdoors and participating in Boy Scout activities, but found it
challenging to manually move his wheelchair on difficult terrain.
Grayson created the Outdoor Ability Foundation, which provides
adaptive equipment for disabled children and young adults to help
them safely enjoy the outdoors in wheelchairs that can effectively
maneuver through rough land. He has provided seven all-terrain
power wheelchairs in four states valued at more than $84,000.
- Lillian Pravda – Ramaz School,
New York, NY – Lillian is founder & CEO of Vision For
and From Children, a nonprofit that launched a nationwide mobile
clinic program providing eye surgeries and free eye exams and
eyeglasses to children in underserved communities. More than 3
million lives have been impacted in both the U.S. and around the
world. Lillian is humbled that more than 27,000 children have
received the gift of sight through the dedicated efforts of her
organization.
- Brandon Staple – Longmont High
School, Longmont, CO – After studying and understanding the key
factors that lead to a high prostate cancer rate among
African-American men, Brandon developed a Deep Machine Learning
(DML) algorithm that increases the accuracy of identifying Rare
Cancer Biomarkers that correlate with prostate cancer by 30 percent
over conventional models, renewing hope for a cure. Through his
research, Brandon would like to meet preventive health care needs
of traditionally vulnerable populations.
- Teagan Stedman – Westminster School,
Farmington, CT – Teagan is the Founder and CEO of Shred Kids'
Cancer, a nonprofit allowing children to show their peers battling
cancer they are not alone in their fights. Using the power of
music, thousands have participated in more than 25 Shred Kids'
Cancer events, raising $475,000 to fund nine clinical trials for
pediatric cancer research. In a research internship, Teagan
identified a way to deliver drugs into the body to treat cancer
without harming healthy cells and is currently developing this
procedure with a mentor at The University of Connecticut Institute
of Regenerative Engineering.
Financial Literacy
- Dan Ta – Oxford Academy, Cypress, CA
– Dan founded the Penny Wise Club to teach financial literacy
techniques and key concepts to students in his community. More than
1,000 students have benefitted from these educational workshops,
and many participated in two stock trading competitions. His
efforts have been recognized by California State Treasurer John
Chiang, who participated in Dan’s school events and supports
educating youth on this important skill.
Environmental Education
- Megan He – Huron High School, Ann
Arbor, MI – Megan created the YouTube channel Greenversal,
where she films and edits weekly environmental news reports to
raise awareness about environmental issues taking place in her
local community and abroad. More than 200,000 viewers from over 100
countries have watched her reports. Megan’s channel has made an
impact for youth and adults and her commitment to teaching others
earned her the 2017 Environmental Protection Agency U.S.
President’s Environmental Youth Award.
ABOUT AXA Foundation
The AXA Foundation is the philanthropic arm of AXA
Advisors, LLC, the retail distribution subsidiary of AXA. The
Foundation directs the company's philanthropic and volunteer
activities, working to improve the quality of life in communities
across the United States where AXA has a presence. The Foundation’s
multifaceted signature program, AXA AchievementSM, supports the
company’s strong commitment to Corporate Responsibility and AXA
Group’s flagship theme of “Risk Research and Education,” by
providing America’s youth with access and advice to help them
succeed in college and beyond. Since its inception, AXA Achievement
has awarded over $28 million in college scholarships to more than
6,500 students, known as AXA Achievers. For more information go
to www.axa.com/achievers or AXA's Facebook page.
ABOUT AXA
As leading providers of retirement, insurance and investment
strategies, the companies under the AXA U.S. brand name help
empower their customers to live better lives. Established in 1859,
AXA Equitable now has approximately 2.8 million customers
nationwide. More than 4,700 AXA Advisors Financial Professionals
create strategies to help individuals, families and small business
owners move forward with confidence on their road to financial
security. AXA U.S. is a brand name of AXA Equitable Financial
Services, LLC and its family of companies, including AXA Equitable
Life Insurance Company (AXA Equitable), MONY Life Insurance Company
of America (MLOA) (AZ stock company, administrative office: Jersey
City, NJ), AXA Advisors, LLC (member FINRA, SIPC) and AXA
Distributors, LLC. AXA U.S. is part of the global AXA Group, a
worldwide leader in financial protection strategies and wealth
management, with 107 million clients in 64 countries. The
obligations of AXA Equitable and MLOA are backed solely by their
claims-paying ability. Find AXA on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
For more information, visit www.axa.com.
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