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
Gaia Rueda Moreno
New York University
Biology and Environmental Studies
BIPOC
Hope Rugley
West Los Angeles College
Psychology
Community College
Anthony Ruiz
Brandeis University
Anthropology, Business, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Flagship
EY Scholarship
Joelle Ruby Ryan
Bowling Green State University
American Studies
Flagship
Whit Ryan
University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology
Sport and Performance Psychology
Flagship
Amiee Sadler
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Social Work
BIPOC
Daffodyle Saget
Miami Dade College
Sociology
Community College
Nathalie Saladrigas
Miami Dade College
Sociology
Community College
Miami Beach Pride Scholarship
Rogelio Salas
Fullerton College
Business
Community College
Victoria's Secret & Company Scholarship
Bentura Salazar
Front Range Community College
STEM
Community College
Wells Fargo Scholarship
Nick Salgado-Stanley
California State Polytechnic University,
Wildlife Conservation and Economics
BIPOC
Alejandra Salinas
Boston College Law School
Law
Flagship
Toyota Scholarship