Cultivating tomorrow’s leaders today is a key objective of Aqua Foundation for Women (AFW).  AFW awards scholarships to benefit graduating high school, college and graduate students who are active in South Florida’s community.

Eleven promising young women were recently selected by AFW to receive scholarships recognizing their academic success and their commitment to giving back to our community. Recipients of the scholarships came from the tri-county area of Broward, Miami-Dade, and for the first time, Palm Beach county. The women awarded the scholarships hale from a wide array of disciplines and are well suited to contributing to the LBT community through the avenues of social work, law, education, politics, and therapy. Scholarships ranged in size from $2,500 – $5,200, with a total of $36,000 granted by AFW.

It is AFW’s belief that these awards enable women in our community to more easily pursue their education and activist work due to greater financial freedom and flexibility. Indeed, many of our past recipients have found that to be the case, including Enbar Cohen, who was able to more fully participate in Safe Schools South Florida after receiving the AFW scholarship.

Each scholarship recipient is paired with a mentor for guidance and support as part of our AFW Mentoring Program. AFW looks forward to continuing to support LBT women in the community through this scholarship fund.

“I am extremely excited to become more involved with Aqua Foundation for Women, and I can’t wait to meet my mentor. I’ve been waiting to give back to the LBT community and to be seen as a leader, and this is such an honor.”
- Bridget Pelaez (2011-2012)

“Aqua Foundation has given me the opportunity to succeed in college which will, in turn, prepare me to become an activist for the LGBTQ community. Thank you, Aqua!”
- Mageda Abdulhad (2010-2012)

The 2012-2013 scholarship cycle has closed. Please check back at the end of this year to apply for the scholarship in 2013. Successful 2012 applicants will be notified by April 23, 2012

For questions about our scholarship program, please contact us via email or phone (305.576.2782).