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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

Patrick Oathout

Duke University

Philosophy & Public Policy


Flagship

Wells Fargo Scholarship

Kwame Ocran

Hunter College

Philosophy, Politics & Society


Flagship

Emily Odenkirk

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Political Science


BIPOC

Matt Oertli

Harvard Medical School

Medicine


Flagship

Nic Oke

Cornell University

Sociology


Flagship

FedEx Scholarship

Irene Okeke

LaGuardia Community College

Nursing


Community College

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