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Meet Our Scholars

Point Foundation is a champion for access and success in higher education. Since our first class of 8 students in 2002, Point’s class size grew past 570 students for the 2023-24 academic year. Among our Flagship, Community College, and BIPOC Program Scholars, more than half are first-generation students, 82% identify as people of color or bi/multiracial, and nearly a quarter identify as transgender or nonbinary.

Below, you can meet our Flagship Scholars, students who are earning their undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees.

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Point Foundation is a champion for access and success in higher education. Since our first class of 8 students in 2002, Point’s class size grew past 570 students for the 2023-24 academic year. Among our Flagship, Community College, and BIPOC Program Scholars, more than half are first-generation students, 82% identify as people of color or bi/multiracial, and nearly a quarter identify as transgender or nonbinary.

Below, you can meet our Flagship Scholars, students who are earning their undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees.

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Point Foundation Scholars

Matt Oertli

Harvard Medical School

Medicine


Flagship

Nic Oke

Cornell University

Sociology


Flagship

FedEx Scholarship

Dominic Okonkwo Jr.

Nursing


BIPOC

Elise Oleksiak

LaGuardia Community College

Occupational Therapy


Community College

Lands’ End Scholarship

Christina Olivares

Columbia University

English Education


BIPOC

Bryan Olsen

Emory University

Philosophy


Flagship

Merle Aronson Point Scholarship

Nico Opper

San Francisco State University

Film


Flagship

Comcast NBCUniversal Scholarship

Nicholas Orozco

UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program

Medicine


Flagship

Minton-Spidell Point Scholarship

Alma Orozco

Colorado State University

Women and Gender Studies


Community College

Alvin O. McCray & Jason M. Rudman Scholarship

Casey Orozco-Poore

Harvard University

Education


Flagship

Alexis Orr

Virginia Commonwealth University

Psychology


BIPOC

Ruben Ortega

Cornell University

Hospitality Administration


Flagship

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