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
Diego Paz
Columbia University
Data Science
BIPOC
Malaika Pedzayi-Ferguson
Pace University
Acting
BIPOC
Nickole Penaloza Barros
Queensborough Community College
Business
BIPOC
Valli Pendyala
Georgetown University
International Political Economy
BIPOC
Kassidy Penso
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Fashion Design
Community College
Victoria's Secret & Company Scholarship
Stevan Perea
Santa Monica College
Political Science
Community College
Megan Perez
Front Range Community College
Science
Community College
Jordan Perkins
Western Washington University
Environmental Chemistry
BIPOC
Brandon Perkovich
Harvard University
History of Science
Flagship
Ari Peró
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Urban Studies and Planning, Music
Flagship
Synchrony Foundation Scholarship