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
Chou Moua
University of Minnesota
Comparative International Development
BIPOC
Lauri Murat
Miami Dade College
Nursing
Community College
Miami Shores Pride Scholarship
Taliyah Murphy
Pikes Peak Community College
Business
Community College
JCPenney Scholarship
Sarah Murtha
Front Range Community College, Boulder County Campus
Science
Community College
Paul C. Philips Scholarship
Vanessa Muturi
Brown University
Computer Science
BIPOC
Abbey Muza
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Fiber and Material Studies
Flagship
Tinashe Muzambi
Rutgers University
Public Health
BIPOC
Nick Mwaluko
Columbia University
Playwriting
Flagship
Elias Najson
Pasadena City College
Engineering and Technology, Psychology
Community College
Coach Dream It Real Scholarship
Eric Nakano
Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy/Fuqua School of Business
Pubic Policy/Business
Flagship
Zeina Nassif
Wellesley College
Russia and Eastern European Studies
Flagship
Wells Fargo Scholarship
Angel Negron
Harold Washington City Colleges of Chicago
Interior Architecture
Community College