Point Foundation is providing scholarships and mentoring to a new class of 36 incredibly talented and ambitious LGBTQ young people who are the future leaders of society. They are on their way to becoming doctors, lawyers, professors, politicians and scientists, while also working hard to advance LGBTQ equality. Here are three dozen LGBTQ students to root for and keep an eye on:
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Adrienne Adams – Occidental College
Will write children’s literature that illuminates the complexities of queer and genderqueer identity.
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Erick Aguilar – Duke University
Will create safer environments for LGBTQ students at Duke University and the Durham community.
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Jack Andraka – Stanford University
Will use nanorobots to treat cancer.
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Sarah Bacot – Harvard Law School
Will advocate for queer people in public interest law.
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Tiffany Barillas – Columbia Business School
Will be a champion for the Latino and LGBTQ communities.
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Tara Benesch – UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco
Will reduce health disparities by combating mental health, educational, structural and sociopolitical factors.
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Chanda Brown – Harvard Law School
Will lead the charge for LGBTQ inclusivity in law.
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London Cluff – University of Pennsylvania
Will teach students to empower themselves.
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Atticus DeProspo – The University of Alabama Law School
Will fight for LGBTQ visibility and inclusion in sports.
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Brittany Ellenberg University of Chicago Law School
Will fight for human rights for refugees and immigrants from conflict areas.
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Angelique Gonzalez; New York University
Will create technology to improve the lives of disabled adults and children.
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Samantha Grant; Adler University
Will radically shift the ways that LGBTQ people and people of color understand, value, and love themsleves wholly amidst constant discrimination.
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Siche Green-Mitchell; Lewis & Clark College
Will increase equity and access to education for communities of color, undocumented students, LGBTQ populations and students with disabilities.
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Lauryn Hansen; The University of Utah
Will help to protect the Earth through environmental engineering.
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Casey Hoke; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Will help others tackle marginalization with creative solutions.
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Julia Horwitz; Brown University
Will use literature to bring about social change.
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Matthew Kaplan; Duke University
Will implement his anti-bullying curriculum that he created, The Be ONE Project, in middle school classrooms across the nation.
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Brian Kaplun; human biology; Stanford University
Will educate other medical professionals on LGBTQ+ issues, like mental and sexual health.
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Lindsey Kirkham; University of Washington, Seattle
Will continue to help bisexual women recover from sexual violence through the Bi Women’s Support Network, which she created.
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Marcus Lee; University of Chicago
Will research Black politics and contemporary social movements and push for a society in which everyone is made to feel empowered and enthused about life.
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Jose Lopez; University of Pennsylvania
Will enter politics to bring about change in the United States and across the globe.
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Gabriel Maffuz-Anker Rice University
Will inspire youth through music.
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Shayle Matsuda; University of Hawaii at Manoa
Will bring science to LGBTQ youth through fun and engaging events.
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Jay “Jay” Moore; Oklahoma State University
Will research and help in the fight to cure HIV/AIDS.
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Joan Mosyjowski; Bowling Green State University
Will advocate for all underrepsented and disadvantaged peoples.
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Brit Ouchida; Eastern Washington University
Will help trans patients recover after their sex-reassignment surgeries.
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Skylar Pardue; University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Will study mathematics at a higher level.
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Dani Planer; Mount Holyoke College
Will use art to illuminate injustices.
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Sydney Roberts; Duke University
Will open a homeless shelter for LGBT youth.
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Kevin Robertson; The Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University
Will use education and awareness to eradicate HIV/AIDS.
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Lane Rosen; The Culinary Institute of America
Will use pastry to make sure that social and political change is sweet.
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Mia "Tu Mutch" Satya; Mills College
Will work in government to create policy that improves the health, wealth, safety and power of LGBTQ people, and people of color.
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Julian Turner; University of Southern California
Will help others find their own self-acceptance.
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Ibrahim Vicks; Temple University
Will work in the non-profit sector to directly impact LGBTQ youth and their allies.
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Kylie Aquino Waddy; Yale School of Management
Will continue her business, Urban Sari, and help Indian handweavers stay competitive by offering them novel means to reach untapped market.
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Landon "LJ" Woolston; Florida International University
Will affirm and empower homeless queer youth.
