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.
Point Foundation Scholars
Nick O’Reilly
Wilbur Wright College
Mechanical Engineering
Community College
Anthony Pacheco
University of Southern California
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Flagship
Alvin O. McCray & Jason M. Rudman Scholarship
El Pacheco
San Antonio College
American Sign Language: Interpreting Track
Community College
Alvin O. McCray and Jason M. Rudman Community College Scholarship
Fer Pacheco
Miami Dade College
Computer Science
BIPOC
Belén Padilla
Scripps College
Psychology
BIPOC
Rellie Padilla
San Francisco State University
Business Management
BIPOC
Belen Padilla
Scripps College
Psychology
BIPOC
Shawn Padley
Madison Area Technical College
Liberal Arts & Women and Gender Studies
Community College
Christopher Sowa Scholarship Recipient
Leslie Pagel-Alcaraz
Illustration, Studio Arts, or Fine Arts
BIPOC
McKenna Palmer
Santa Monica College
Gender Studies
Community College
Kevin Palomo
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Anthropology
BIPOC