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Time for this account to wake up! Esperanza is a volunteer-run org that provides college scholarships & professional mentorship to immigrant students in DC, MD & VA regardless of national origin, ethnicity, and immigration status. 
http://www.esperanzafund.org/impact/
http://www.esperanzafund.org/impact/
Since 2009, we’ve given away over $1 million in scholarships to more than 100 local immigrant students thanks to the generosity of local donors, businesses, and young professionals (you can make as gift here: http://esperanzafund.org/get-involved/donate)
Many of our donors are also volunteers — they help our scholars navigate college as mentors, help us find new scholars as application readers, and so much more! You can sign up for different volunteer ops throughout the year here: http://bit.ly/volunteer4esperanza
We have scholars from 35+ countries including Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cameroon, China, DR, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Syria
Our scholars have attended 20+ institutions, including @JMU @udc_edu @NOVAcommcollege @VCU @UVA @virginia_tech @williamandmary @TempleUniv @penn_state @UofMaryland @HowardCC @ASU @UNTsocial @montgomerycoll
Our scholars include valedictorians and campus leaders as well as GED holders, students who immigrated to the US alone, had full-time jobs in high school, took care of younger siblings instead of joining clubs, and more. Learn about their unique journeys: http://esperanzafund.org/scholars
Our scholars are so amazing that some of them have been interviewed for news stories like Gilson, who talked about his journey to come to the US to help his family: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/he-got-his-diploma-and-a-scholarship-to-college-but-what-he-wanted-most-was-a-hug/2018/09/17/4e96504e-ba91-11e8-9812-a389be6690af_story.html
Last year, scholar Dieudonne shared his story of coming to the US as an unaccompanied refugee minor and celebrating Father's Day with his foster family https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/for-this-teen-refugee-and-his-foster-family-fathers-day-has-a-special-resonance/2019/06/16/4418d34a-8e25-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html
Knowing the communities our scholars come from, we know the crisis will hit them and their families hard. Many immigrants and students are being left out of COVID stimulus payments. Need will increase, not go down. https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/support-immigrant-college-students-through-covid-19
If you can afford to redistribute some of your stimulus check, or make a gift of any amount, please consider giving to our scholars: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/support-immigrant-college-students-through-covid-19
